Katakana word

ダdaウuンnローrōドdo “download” in Japanese

daunrōdo

Character by character

  1. ダda
  2. ウu
  3. ンn
  4. ロro
  5. ーstretches the sound before it
  6. ドdo

ダウンロード is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads daunrōdo.

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キャンディーバー

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