In Japanese, "throw" is 投げる (nageru). It is a verb pronounced "nah-geh-roo".
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投げる is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as nageru, it sounds roughly like "nah-geh-roo" to an English ear.
子供たちは投げますのが楽しそうです。
Kodomotachi wa nagemasu no ga tanoshisou desu.
The children seem to enjoy throwing.
投げる means to throw in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (投げます) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steam投げる is romanised as nageru. Say it roughly like "nah-geh-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
投げる 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.
投げる 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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