In Japanese, "fridge" is 冷蔵庫 (reizōko). It is a noun pronounced "reh-ee-zoh-koh".
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冷蔵庫 is written in kanji. Romanised as reizōko, it sounds roughly like "reh-ee-zoh-koh" to an English ear.
あの冷蔵庫はとても大きいです。
Ano Reizōko wa totemo ookii desu.
That fridge is very large.
Reizōko (冷蔵庫) means fridge in Japanese. This noun describes a feature or object found in indoor or outdoor environments.
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Buy on Steam冷蔵庫 is romanised as reizōko. Say it roughly like "reh-ee-zoh-koh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
冷蔵庫 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.
冷蔵庫 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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