In Japanese, "peanut" is ピーナッツ (pīnattsu). It is a noun pronounced "pee-nah-tsoo".
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ピーナッツ is written in katakana. Romanised as pīnattsu, it sounds roughly like "pee-nah-tsoo" to an English ear.
ピーナッツを一つください。
Pīnattsu wo hitotsu kudasai.
One peanut, please.
Pīnattsu (ピーナッツ) is the Japanese word for peanut. 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ピーナッツ is romanised as pīnattsu. Say it roughly like "pee-nah-tsoo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ピーナッツ 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.
ピーナッツ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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