Katakana word

アaイiスsuキューkyūブbu “ice cube” in Japanese

aisukyūbu

Character by character

  1. アa
  2. イi
  3. スsu
  4. キュkyu
  5. ーstretches the sound before it
  6. ブbu

アイスキューブ is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads aisukyūbu.

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アイスコーヒー

aisukōhī — iced coffee · breakdown →

アイスクリーム

aisukurīmu — ice cream · breakdown →

アイスティー

aisutī — iced tea · breakdown →

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