Katakana word

kurisumasu “Christmas” in Japanese

kurisumasu

Character by character

  1. ku
  2. ri
  3. su
  4. ma
  5. su

クリスマス is made of 5 katakana sounds. It reads kurisumasu.

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ジャズ

jazu — jazz · breakdown →

プレゼント

purezento — present · breakdown →

ロック

rokku — rock · breakdown →

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