Katakana word

beddo “bed” in Japanese

beddo

Character by character

  1. be
  2. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. do

ベッド is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads beddo.

Can you read these?

Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ベッドルーム

beddorūmu — bedroom · breakdown →

シャワー

shawā — shower · breakdown →

キッチン

kitchin — kitchen · breakdown →

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