Katakana word

appuru “Apple (fruit / brand)” in Japanese

appuru

Character by character

  1. a
  2. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. pu
  4. ru

アップル is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads appuru.

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グーグル

gūguru — Google · breakdown →

ビデ

bide — bidet · breakdown →

フェイスブック

feisubukku — Facebook · breakdown →

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