Katakana word

バbaッkクkuミmiラーrā “back mirror” in Japanese

bakkumirā

Character by character

  1. バba
  2. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. クku
  4. ミmi
  5. ラra
  6. ーstretches the sound before it

バックミラー is made of 4 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads bakkumirā.

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ベビーカー

bebīkā — baby car · breakdown →

ブックカバー

bukkukabā — book cover · breakdown →

ベビーシッター

bebīshittā — baby sitter · breakdown →

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