Katakana word

フォーku “fork” in Japanese

fōku

Character by character

  1. フォfo
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. ku

フォーク is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads fōku.

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スプーン

supūn — spoon · breakdown →

ナイフ

naifu — knife · breakdown →

グラス

gurasu — glass · breakdown →

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