In Japanese, "sea lion" is アシカ (ashika). It is a noun pronounced "ah-shee-kah".
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アシカ is written in katakana. Romanised as ashika, it sounds roughly like "ah-shee-kah" to an English ear.
アシカが草原を走っています。
Ashika ga sogen wo hashitte imasu.
A sea lion is running across the field.
Ashika (アシカ) is the Japanese word for sea lion. Animal vocabulary is engaging for learners and appears frequently in games, zoos, farms, and nature programs.
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Buy on Steamアシカ is romanised as ashika. Say it roughly like "ah-shee-kah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
アシカ 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.
アシカ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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