Katakana word

beruギー “Belgium” in Japanese

berugī

Character by character

  1. be
  2. ru
  3. gi
  4. stretches the sound before it

ベルギー is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads berugī.

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スペイン

supein — Spain · breakdown →

フランス

furansu — France · breakdown →

ドイツ

doitsu — Germany · breakdown →

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