Katakana word

iメーji “image” in Japanese

imēji

Character by character

  1. i
  2. me
  3. stretches the sound before it
  4. ji

イメージ is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads imēji.

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チャンス

chansu — chance · breakdown →

キャンセル

kyanseru — cancel · breakdown →

タイプ

taipu — type · breakdown →

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