In Japanese, "rugby" is ラグビー (ragubī). It is a noun.
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ラグビー is written in katakana. Romanised as ragubī, it sounds roughly like "rah-goo-bee" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steamラグビー is romanised as ragubī. Say it roughly like "rah-goo-bee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ラグビー 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.
ラグビー is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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