In Japanese, "piranha" is ピラニア (pirania). It is a noun.
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ピラニア is written in katakana. Romanised as pirania, it sounds roughly like "pee-rah-nee-ah" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steamピラニア is romanised as pirania. Say it roughly like "pee-rah-nee-ah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ピラニア 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.
ピラニア is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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