Katakana word

aisukuリーmu “ice cream” in Japanese

aisukurīmu

Character by character

  1. a
  2. i
  3. su
  4. ku
  5. ri
  6. stretches the sound before it
  7. mu

アイスクリーム is made of 6 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads aisukurīmu.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

アイスキューブ

aisukyūbu — ice cube · breakdown →

クリーム

kurīmu — cream · breakdown →

アイスコーヒー

aisukōhī — iced coffee · breakdown →

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