In Japanese, "lion" is ライオン (raion). It is a noun pronounced "rah-ee-oh-n".
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ライオン is written in katakana. Romanised as raion, it sounds roughly like "rah-ee-oh-n" to an English ear.
動物園でライオンを見ました。
Doubutsuen de Raion wo mimashita.
I saw a lion at the zoo.
Raion (ライオン) is the Japanese word for lion. Animal vocabulary is engaging for learners and appears frequently in games, zoos, farms, and nature programs.
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Buy on Steamライオン is romanised as raion. Say it roughly like "rah-ee-oh-n" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ライオン 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.
ライオン is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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