Katakana word

ジャjazu “jazz” in Japanese

jazu

Character by character

  1. ジャja
  2. zu

ジャズ is made of 2 katakana sounds. It reads jazu.

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ロック

rokku — rock · breakdown →

クリスマス

kurisumasu — Christmas · breakdown →

ヒップホップ

hippuhoppu — hip-hop · breakdown →

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