Katakana word

ロroッkカーkā “locker” in Japanese

rokkā

Character by character

  1. ロro
  2. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. カka
  4. ーstretches the sound before it

ロッカー is made of 2 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads rokkā.

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サービス

sābisu — service · breakdown →

アイデア

aidea — idea · breakdown →

バカンス

bakansu — vacation · breakdown →

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