Katakana word
ヘリコプター “helicopter” in Japanese
herikoputā
Character by character
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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