In Japanese, "flight attendant" is CA (shī ē). It is a noun pronounced "shee eh".
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CA is written in Japanese characters. Romanised as shī ē, it sounds roughly like "shee eh" to an English ear.
そのCAは長年の経験があります。
Sono shī ē wa naganen no keiken ga arimasu.
That flight attendant has many years of experience.
Shī ē (CA) is the Japanese word for flight attendant. Job titles in Japanese use a variety of endings: shi (士) for licensed professionals, sha (者) for workers, while modern roles often use katakana loanwords.
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Buy on SteamCA is romanised as shī ē. Say it roughly like "shee eh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
CA 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.
CA is written using Japanese characters. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.
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