Katakana word
ビーフ “beef” in Japanese
bīfu
Character by character
ビーフ is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads bīfu.
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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.
ベートーヴェン
bētōven — Beethoven · breakdown →
フェイスブック
feisubukku — Facebook · breakdown →
モーツァルト
mōtsaruto — Mozart · breakdown →
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