In Japanese, "warm" is 暖かい (atatakai). It is a adjective pronounced "ah-tah-tah-kah-ee".
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暖かい is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as atatakai, it sounds roughly like "ah-tah-tah-kah-ee" to an English ear.
春の風は暖かくて気持ちいいです。
Haru no kaze wa atatakakute kimochi ii desu.
The spring breeze is warm and pleasant.
Atatakai (暖かい) describes a comfortable warmth, often associated with spring weather or a cozy room. It conveys a gentle, pleasant heat rather than intense heat.
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Buy on Steam暖かい is romanised as atatakai. Say it roughly like "ah-tah-tah-kah-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
暖かい is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
暖かい is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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