In Japanese, "power outlet" is 電源コンセント (dengenkonsento). It is a noun.
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電源コンセント is written in kanji and katakana. Romanised as dengenkonsento, it sounds roughly like "deh-n-geh-n-koh-n-seh-n-toh" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam電源コンセント is romanised as dengenkonsento. Say it roughly like "deh-n-geh-n-koh-n-seh-n-toh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
電源コンセント 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.
電源コンセント is written using kanji and katakana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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