Katakana word

チーchīzu “cheese” in Japanese

chīzu

Character by character

  1. chi
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. zu

チーズ is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads chīzu.

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チョコレート

chokorēto — chocolate · breakdown →

バター

batā — butter · breakdown →

スープ

sūpu — soup · breakdown →

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