Katakana word

bijinesuカーdo “business card” in Japanese

bijinesukādo

Character by character

  1. bi
  2. ji
  3. ne
  4. su
  5. ka
  6. stretches the sound before it
  7. do

ビジネスカード is made of 6 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads bijinesukādo.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

デザイン

dezain — design · breakdown →

ビジネスウーマン

bijinesuūman — businesswoman · breakdown →

デザイナー

dezainā — designer · breakdown →

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