Katakana word

キャkyabetsu “cabbage” in Japanese

kyabetsu

Character by character

  1. キャkya
  2. be
  3. tsu

キャベツ is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads kyabetsu.

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キャロット

kyarotto — carrot · breakdown →

トマト

tomato — tomato · breakdown →

ピーマン

pīman — green pepper · breakdown →

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