Katakana word

doa “door” in Japanese

doa

Character by character

  1. do
  2. a

ドア is made of 2 katakana sounds. It reads doa.

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シャワー

shawā — shower · breakdown →

パターン

patān — pattern · breakdown →

ベッド

beddo — bed · breakdown →

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