Katakana word
ライオン “lion” in Japanese
raion
Character by character
ライオン is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads raion.
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パンダ
panda — panda · breakdown →
ジャングル
janguru — jungle · breakdown →
アルファベット
arufabetto — alphabet · breakdown →
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