Katakana word

ハーdo “hard” in Japanese

hādo

Character by character

  1. ha
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. do

ハード is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads hādo.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ソフト

sofuto — soft · breakdown →

コールド

kōrudo — cold · breakdown →

コンサート

konsāto — concert · breakdown →

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