Katakana word

aisuコーヒー “iced coffee” in Japanese

aisukōhī

Character by character

  1. a
  2. i
  3. su
  4. ko
  5. stretches the sound before it
  6. hi
  7. stretches the sound before it

アイスコーヒー is made of 5 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads aisukōhī.

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アイスティー

aisutī — iced tea · breakdown →

アイスキューブ

aisukyūbu — ice cube · breakdown →

カクテル

kakuteru — cocktail · breakdown →

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