Katakana word

majikku “magic” in Japanese

majikku

Character by character

  1. ma
  2. ji
  3. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. ku

マジック is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads majikku.

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アーミー

āmī — army · breakdown →

モンスター

monsutā — monster · breakdown →

ヘリコプター

herikoputā — helicopter · breakdown →

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