Katakana word

イーīメーmēルru “email” in Japanese

īmēru

Character by character

  1. イi
  2. ーstretches the sound before it
  3. メme
  4. ーstretches the sound before it
  5. ルru

イーメール is made of 3 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads īmēru.

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チャット

chatto — chat · breakdown →

ウェブサイト

webusaito — website · breakdown →

リンク

rinku — link · breakdown →

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