Katakana word

アaメmeリriカka “America” in Japanese

amerika

Character by character

  1. アa
  2. メme
  3. リri
  4. カka

アメリカ is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads amerika.

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イタリア

itaria — Italy · breakdown →

カナダ

kanada — Canada · breakdown →

イギリス

igirisu — England · breakdown →

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