Katakana word

furansu “France” in Japanese

furansu

Character by character

  1. fu
  2. ra
  3. n
  4. su

フランス is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads furansu.

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ベルギー

berugī — Belgium · breakdown →

ウェブ

webu — web · breakdown →

スペイン

supein — Spain · breakdown →

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