Katakana word

dezaiナー “designer” in Japanese

dezainā

Character by character

  1. de
  2. za
  3. i
  4. na
  5. stretches the sound before it

デザイナー is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads dezainā.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

エンギニア

enginia — engineer · breakdown →

デザイン

dezain — design · breakdown →

プログラマー

puroguramā — programmer · breakdown →

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