Katakana word

fuルーto “flute” in Japanese

furūto

Character by character

  1. fu
  2. ru
  3. stretches the sound before it
  4. to

フルート is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads furūto.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ハープ

hāpu — harp · breakdown →

サックス

sakkusu — saxophone · breakdown →

ハーモニカ

hāmonika — harmonica · breakdown →

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