In Japanese, "exercise" is 運動する (undō suru). It is a verb pronounced "oo-n-doh soo-roo".
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運動する is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as undō suru, it sounds roughly like "oo-n-doh soo-roo" to an English ear.
彼は上手に運動します。
Kare wa jouzu ni undō shimasu.
He to exercises well.
運動する means to exercise in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (運動します) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steam運動する is romanised as undō suru. Say it roughly like "oo-n-doh soo-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
運動する is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
運動する is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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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