Katakana word

masuku “mask” in Japanese

masuku

Character by character

  1. ma
  2. su
  3. ku

マスク is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads masuku.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

リラックス

rirakkusu — relax · breakdown →

ポンド

pondo — pound · breakdown →

ズーム

zūmu — zoom · breakdown →

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