In Japanese, "shower" is シャワーを浴びる (shawā o abiru). It is a verb pronounced "shah-wah oh ah-bee-roo".
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シャワーを浴びる is written in kanji, hiragana and katakana. Romanised as shawā o abiru, it sounds roughly like "shah-wah oh ah-bee-roo" to an English ear.
私はシャワーを浴びることが好きです。
Watashi wa shawā o abiru koto ga suki desu.
I enjoy showering.
シャワーを浴びる means to shower in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (シャワーを浴びます) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steamシャワーを浴びる is romanised as shawā o abiru. Say it roughly like "shah-wah oh ah-bee-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
シャワーを浴びる 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.
シャワーを浴びる is written using kanji, hiragana and katakana. 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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