Katakana word

apuriケーショshon “application” in Japanese

apurikēshon

Character by character

  1. a
  2. pu
  3. ri
  4. ke
  5. stretches the sound before it
  6. ショsho
  7. n

アプリケーション is made of 6 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads apurikēshon.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ソフトウェア

sofutowea — software · breakdown →

プログラム

puroguramu — program · breakdown →

ハードウェア

hādowea — hardware · breakdown →

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