In Japanese, "receptionist" is 受付係 (uketsukegakari). It is a noun.
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受付係 is written in kanji. Romanised as uketsukegakari, it sounds roughly like "oo-keh-tsoo-keh-gah-kah-ree" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam受付係 is romanised as uketsukegakari. Say it roughly like "oo-keh-tsoo-keh-gah-kah-ree" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
受付係 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.
受付係 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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