Katakana word

チョchokoレーto “chocolate” in Japanese

chokorēto

Character by character

  1. チョcho
  2. ko
  3. re
  4. stretches the sound before it
  5. to

チョコレート is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads chokorēto.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

スープ

sūpu — soup · breakdown →

チーズ

chīzu — cheese · breakdown →

チキン

chikin — chicken · breakdown →

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