In Japanese, "grapes" is ブドウ (budō). It is a noun pronounced "boo-doh".
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ブドウ is written in katakana. Romanised as budō, it sounds roughly like "boo-doh" to an English ear.
冷蔵庫にブドウが入っています。
Reizoko ni Budō ga haitte imasu.
There is grapes in the fridge.
Budō (ブドウ) is the Japanese word for grapes. 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ブドウ is romanised as budō. Say it roughly like "boo-doh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ブドウ 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.
ブドウ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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