Katakana word

エeスsuカkaレーrēターtā “escalator” in Japanese

esukarētā

Character by character

エe
スsu
カka
レre
ーstretches the sound before it
タta
ーstretches the sound before it

エスカレーター is made of 5 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads esukarētā.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

パーセント

pāsento — percent · breakdown →

エレベーター

erebētā — elevator · breakdown →

キロ

kiro — kilo · breakdown →

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All 433 katakana words → Katakana chart →

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