Katakana word

basuルーmu “bathroom” in Japanese

basurūmu

Character by character

  1. ba
  2. su
  3. ru
  4. stretches the sound before it
  5. mu

バスルーム is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads basurūmu.

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メニュー

menyū — menu · breakdown →

リビングルーム

ribingurūmu — living room · breakdown →

ステーキ

sutēki — steak · breakdown →

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