by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “It’s so cute!” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
It’s cute!
かわいい！
kawaii*
*We do not clearly pronounce the vowels at the end of a word. We pronounce “kawaii” like “kawaī”.
- it’s ＝ それは** sorewa
- cute ＝ かわいい kawaii
**We do not usually say “それは (sorewa)” in everyday conversation.
So how do you say “It’s so cute!” ?
You can say like this :
すごいかわいい！
sugoi kawaii
“すごい (sugoi)” means “so”.
すごい
so
＋
かわいい
cute
