How to say “card” in Japanese | カード (kādo)

The Japanese vocabulary「カード (kādo)」means “card.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

If you do not know why the cell with “Hiragana” is blank, please read this page.

Key Wordカード
Hiragana
Romaji Readingkādo
English Meaningcard

It also means “credit card” depending on the situation.

The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

Please learn the pronunciation by watching the attached video. You can also learn example sentences.

Our main YouTube channel: Ichiyo’s Japanese YouTube Channel
Our sub-YouTube channel (Japanese vocabulary videos): Ichiyo’s Subchannel

The Example Japanese Sentences

It is important to have skills in both non-honorific and honorific languages in order to use Japanese correctly.

I always pay by credit card.

Plain Form:

わたしはいつもカードではらう。
Watashi wa itsumo kādo de harau.

Polite Form:

私はいつもカードで払います。
Watashi wa itsumo kādo de haraimasu.


If we have a membership card, we can get a discount.

Plain Form:

会員かいいんカードをっていると、割引わりびけられる。
Kaiin kādo o motte iru to, waribiki ga ukerareru.

Polite Form:

会員カードを持っていると、割引が受けられます。
Kaiin kādo o motte iru to, waribiki ga ukeraremasu.


A new credit card has sent and arrived.

Plain Form:

あたらしいクレジットカードが郵送ゆうそうされてきた。
Atarashī kurejittokādo ga yūsō saretekita.

Polite Form:

新しいクレジットカードが郵送されてきました。
Atarashī kurejittokādo ga yūsō sarete kimashita.

There are two verbs in「郵送ゆうそうされてきた」and「郵送されてきました」. We explain the details in our conversation lessons or mail support.


Paying with a card is more convenient than paying with cash.

Plain Form:

現金げんきんよりもカードでの支払しはらいが便利べんりだ。
Genkin yori mo kādo deno shiharai ga benrida.

Polite Form:

現金よりもカードでの支払いが便利です。
Genkin yori mo kādo deno shiharai ga benridesu.

Japanese private online lesson
To Have Correct Japanese Language Skills

We teach Japanese to non-native Japanese learners. Judging from our experience, 90% of Japanese learners use incorrect Japanese and often speak rudely, even though they have lived in Japan for many years.

Therefore, we created two services. One is our “private Japanese conversation lesson” and the other is the “Daily Japanese Mail Support” service.

In the “private Japanese conversation lesson,” you can talk with a native Japanese teacher. Let us practice conversation together!

private Japanese conversation lesson

In the “Daily Japanese Mail Support" service, we will check your Japanese using email daily. Please show us the Japanese sentences that you wrote, your pronunciations, your handwritten Japanese characters, and so on. You can also ask us questions about Japanese.

Daily Japanese Mail Support

If you are a member of our private lesson or “Daily Japanese Mail Support,” we can check and correct your Japanese every day.

The details are on our website: https://ichiwebsite.com/

Things, Items, and Tools