In Japanese, "popsicle" is アイスキャンディー (aisukyandī). It is a noun pronounced "ah-ee-soo-kyah-n-dee".
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アイスキャンディー is written in katakana. Romanised as aisukyandī, it sounds roughly like "ah-ee-soo-kyah-n-dee" to an English ear.
アイスキャンディーが好きです。毎日食べます。
Aisukyandī ga suki desu. Mainichi tabemasu.
I love ice lolly. I eat it every day.
Aisukyandī (アイスキャンディー) is the Japanese word for ice lolly. 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アイスキャンディー is romanised as aisukyandī. Say it roughly like "ah-ee-soo-kyah-n-dee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
アイスキャンディー 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.
アイスキャンディー is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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