Katakana word

dansu “dance” in Japanese

dansu

Character by character

  1. da
  2. n
  3. su

ダンス is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads dansu.

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ピアノ

piano — piano · breakdown →

スタイル

sutairu — style · breakdown →

ギター

gitā — guitar · breakdown →

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