In Japanese, "soft" is 柔らかい (Yawarakai). It is a adjective.
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柔らかい is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Yawarakai, it sounds roughly like "yah-wah-rah-kah-ee" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam柔らかい is romanised as Yawarakai. Say it roughly like "yah-wah-rah-kah-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
柔らかい is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
柔らかい 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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