Katakana word

ピーpīマmaンn “green pepper” in Japanese

pīman

Character by character

  1. ピpi
  2. ーstretches the sound before it
  3. マma
  4. ンn

ピーマン is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads pīman.

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オニオン

onion — onion · breakdown →

キャロット

kyarotto — carrot · breakdown →

ガーリック

gārikku — garlic · breakdown →

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