Katakana word

ヒhiッpプpuホhoッpプpu “hip-hop” in Japanese

hippuhoppu

Character by character

  1. ヒhi
  2. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. プpu
  4. ホho
  5. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  6. プpu

ヒップホップ is made of 4 katakana sounds and 2 small ッ. It reads hippuhoppu.

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ラップ

rappu — rap · breakdown →

ロック

rokku — rock · breakdown →

ヘビーメタル

hebīmetaru — heavy metal · breakdown →

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