Katakana word

bijinesuウーūman “businesswoman” in Japanese

bijinesuūman

Character by character

  1. bi
  2. ji
  3. ne
  4. su
  5. u
  6. stretches the sound before it
  7. ma
  8. n

ビジネスウーマン is made of 7 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads bijinesuūman.

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ビジネスカード

bijinesukādo — business card · breakdown →

ビジネスマン

bijinesuman — businessman · breakdown →

デザイン

dezain — design · breakdown →

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