Katakana word

ゲーmu “game” in Japanese

gēmu

Character by character

  1. ge
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. mu

ゲーム is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads gēmu.

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ビリヤード

biriyādo — billiard · breakdown →

キャンプ

kyanpu — camp · breakdown →

ポーカー

pōkā — poker · breakdown →

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