Katakana word

キャkyarotto “carrot” in Japanese

kyarotto

Character by character

  1. キャkya
  2. ro
  3. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. to

キャロット is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads kyarotto.

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ピーマン

pīman — green pepper · breakdown →

キャベツ

kyabetsu — cabbage · breakdown →

オニオン

onion — onion · breakdown →

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