How do you say "strawberry" in Japanese?

In Japanese, "strawberry" is いちご (ichigo). It is a noun.

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Pronunciation

いちご is written in hiragana. Romanised as ichigo, it sounds roughly like "ee-chee-goh" to an English ear.

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Questions about いちご

How do you pronounce いちご?

いちご is romanised as ichigo. Say it roughly like "ee-chee-goh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

Is いちご formal or casual?

いちご 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 いちご written in Japanese?

いちご is written using hiragana. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.

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.