In Japanese, "rich" is 裕福な (Yutaka na). It is a adjective pronounced "yoo-tah-kah nah".
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裕福な is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Yutaka na, it sounds roughly like "yoo-tah-kah nah" to an English ear.
彼女はとても裕福な家庭の出身です。
Kanojo wa totemo yutaka na katei no shusshin desu.
She comes from a very wealthy family.
Yutaka na (裕福な) is a na-adjective meaning wealthy or prosperous. It has a formal or literary feel. In everyday speech, okanemochi (お金持ち, person with money) is the more common way to describe someone as rich.
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Buy on Steam裕福な is romanised as Yutaka na. Say it roughly like "yoo-tah-kah nah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
裕福な is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
裕福な is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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