Katakana word

アーāミー “army” in Japanese

āmī

Character by character

  1. a
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. mi
  4. stretches the sound before it

アーミー is made of 2 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads āmī.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ヘリコプター

herikoputā — helicopter · breakdown →

マジック

majikku — magic · breakdown →

パイロット

pairotto — pilot · breakdown →

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