Katakana word

kokaコーra “Coca-Cola” in Japanese

kokakōra

Character by character

  1. ko
  2. ka
  3. ko
  4. stretches the sound before it
  5. ra

コカコーラ is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads kokakōra.

Can you read these?

Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

セガ

sega — Sega · breakdown →

コーク

kōku — Coke · breakdown →

ソニー

sonī — Sony · breakdown →

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