Katakana word

リーダー “leader” in Japanese

rīdā

Character by character

  1. ri
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. da
  4. stretches the sound before it

リーダー is made of 2 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads rīdā.

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メンバー

menbā — member · breakdown →

カジノ

kajino — casino · breakdown →

ボランティアー

borantiā — volunteer · breakdown →

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