Katakana word

イーīメーru “email” in Japanese

īmēru

Character by character

  1. i
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. me
  4. stretches the sound before it
  5. 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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