Katakana word

アaパーpāトto “apartment” in Japanese

apāto

Character by character

  1. アa
  2. パpa
  3. ーstretches the sound before it
  4. トto

アパート is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads apāto.

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tawā — tower · breakdown →

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ākitekuchā — architecture · breakdown →

エレベーター

erebētā — elevator · breakdown →

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