Katakana word

デdeビbiッtトtoカーkāドdo “debit card” in Japanese

debittokādo

Character by character

  1. デde
  2. ビbi
  3. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. トto
  5. カka
  6. ーstretches the sound before it
  7. ドdo

デビットカード is made of 5 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads debittokādo.

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キーボード

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