In Japanese, "eggplant" is ナス (nasu). It is a noun pronounced "nah-soo".
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ナス is written in katakana. Romanised as nasu, it sounds roughly like "nah-soo" to an English ear.
このお店のナスはとてもおいしいです。
Kono omise no Nasu wa totemo oishii desu.
The eggplant at this shop is very delicious.
Nasu (ナス) is the Japanese word for eggplant. Food vocabulary is among the most practical for daily life in Japan and is used constantly in markets, restaurants, and home cooking.
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Buy on Steamナス is romanised as nasu. Say it roughly like "nah-soo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ナス is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
ナス is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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