Katakana word

kitchin “kitchen” in Japanese

kitchin

Character by character

  1. ki
  2. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. chi
  4. n

キッチン is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads kitchin.

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リビングルーム

ribingurūmu — living room · breakdown →

ベッドルーム

beddorūmu — bedroom · breakdown →

バスルーム

basurūmu — bathroom · breakdown →

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