How do you say "vitamin" in Japanese?

ビタミン

bitamin

Noun Katakana

In Japanese, "vitamin" is ビタミン (bitamin).

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Pronunciation

Bee-tah-MEEN, borrowed straight from English but flattened to Japanese vowels, so the stress lands evenly rather than on the first syllable like in English.

Writing and usage

ビタミン is written using katakana. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.

Example sentence

オレンジにはビタミンCが豊富にあります。

orenji niha bitamin C ga houfu niarimasu.

Oranges are full of vitamin C.

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How to remember ビタミン

Bitamin is basically vitamin with the accent shifted — say it slowly and you'll hear your own language hiding inside.

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Questions about ビタミン

How do you pronounce ビタミン?

Bee-tah-MEEN, borrowed straight from English but flattened to Japanese vowels, so the stress lands evenly rather than on the first syllable like in English.

Is ビタミン formal or casual?

ビタミン 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 ビタミン written in Japanese?

ビタミン is written using katakana. Romanised, it reads as bitamin.

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