Katakana word

ヘheビーbīメmeタtaルru “heavy metal” in Japanese

hebīmetaru

Character by character

  1. ヘhe
  2. ビbi
  3. ーstretches the sound before it
  4. メme
  5. タta
  6. ルru

ヘビーメタル is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads hebīmetaru.

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ハードロック

hādorokku — hard rock · breakdown →

ラップ

rappu — rap · breakdown →

カラオケ

karaoke — karaoke · breakdown →

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