In Japanese, "fan" is 扇風機 (senpūki). It is a noun pronounced "seh-n-poo-kee".
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扇風機 is written in kanji. Romanised as senpūki, it sounds roughly like "seh-n-poo-kee" to an English ear.
扇風機はどこにありますか？
Senpūki wa doko ni arimasu ka?
Where is the fan?
Senpūki (扇風機) is the Japanese word for fan. This noun appears in everyday contexts across homes, offices, schools, and public spaces.
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Buy on Steam扇風機 is romanised as senpūki. Say it roughly like "seh-n-poo-kee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
扇風機 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.
扇風機 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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