Katakana word

ジャjanguru “jungle” in Japanese

janguru

Character by character

  1. ジャja
  2. n
  3. gu
  4. ru

ジャングル is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads janguru.

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ライオン

raion — lion · breakdown →

キロ

kiro — kilo · breakdown →

パンダ

panda — panda · breakdown →

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