Katakana word

アaルruファfaベbeッtトto “alphabet” in Japanese

arufabetto

Character by character

  1. アa
  2. ルru
  3. ファfa
  4. ベbe
  5. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  6. トto

アルファベット is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads arufabetto.

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アクセント

akusento — accent · breakdown →

パンダ

panda — panda · breakdown →

ペン

pen — pen · breakdown →

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