Katakana word

herikopuター “helicopter” in Japanese

herikoputā

Character by character

  1. he
  2. ri
  3. ko
  4. pu
  5. ta
  6. stretches the sound before it

ヘリコプター is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads herikoputā.

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パイロット

pairotto — pilot · breakdown →

アーミー

āmī — army · breakdown →

キャンプ

kyanpu — camp · breakdown →

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