In Japanese, "What is the temperature?" is 気温は何度ですか？ (kion wa nan dodesu ka ？). It is a phrase.
気温は何度ですか？ is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as kion wa nan dodesu ka ？, it sounds roughly like "kee-oh-n wah nah-n doh-deh-soo kah ？" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam気温は何度ですか？ is romanised as kion wa nan dodesu ka ？. Say it roughly like "kee-oh-n wah nah-n doh-deh-soo kah ？" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
気温は何度ですか？ 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.
気温は何度ですか？ 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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