Katakana word

buriosシュshu “brioche” in Japanese

buriosshu

Character by character

  1. bu
  2. ri
  3. o
  4. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  5. シュshu

ブリオッシュ is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads buriosshu.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

バゲット

bagetto — baguette (bread) · breakdown →

マカロン

makaron — macaron · breakdown →

パチンコ

pachinko — pachinko · breakdown →

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