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How do you say "sausage" in Japanese?
ソーセージ
sooseeji
In Japanese, "sausage" is ソーセージ (sooseeji).
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Pronunciation
Sooseeji doubles both vowels, so say 'soh-seh-ji' slowly, letting each long vowel stretch before the next.
Writing and usage
ソーセージ is written using katakana. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
グリルソーセージが皿の上でジュージューと音を立てていた。
gurirusooseeji ga sara no uede juujuu to oto wo tate teita.
A grilled sausage sizzled on the plate.
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How to remember ソーセージ
Sooseeji is 'sausage' dragged out with extra vowels, as if the word itself got fatter like the sausage.
Related words
- soup スープ suupu
- stew シチュー shichuu
- salad サラダ sarada
- pasta パスタ pasuta
- noodle 麺 men
- dumpling 餃子 gyouza
- bacon ベーコン beekon
- ham ハム hamu
- cream クリーム kuriimu
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Questions about ソーセージ
How do you pronounce ソーセージ?
Sooseeji doubles both vowels, so say 'soh-seh-ji' slowly, letting each long vowel stretch before the next.
Is ソーセージ formal or casual?
ソーセージ 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.
How is ソーセージ written in Japanese?
ソーセージ is written using katakana. Romanised, it reads as sooseeji.
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