Katakana word

フォーramu “forum” in Japanese

fōramu

Character by character

  1. フォfo
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. ra
  4. mu

フォーラム is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads fōramu.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

インドネシア

indoneshia — Indonesia · breakdown →

フォーム

fōmu — form · breakdown →

マレーシア

marēshia — Malaysia · breakdown →

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