Katakana word

baipasu “bypass” in Japanese

baipasu

Character by character

  1. ba
  2. i
  3. pa
  4. su

バイパス is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads baipasu.

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ブックカバー

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バイキング

baikingu — Buffet · breakdown →

バックミラー

bakkumirā — back mirror · breakdown →

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