Katakana word

グguレーrēプpuフfuルーrūツtsu “grapefruit” in Japanese

gurēpufurūtsu

Character by character

  1. グgu
  2. レre
  3. ーstretches the sound before it
  4. プpu
  5. フfu
  6. ルru
  7. ーstretches the sound before it
  8. ツtsu

グレープフルーツ is made of 6 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads gurēpufurūtsu.

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ハンバーガー

hanbāgā — hamburger · breakdown →

グレープ

gurēpu — grape · breakdown →

オレンジジュース

orenjijūsu — orange juice · breakdown →

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