Katakana word

マmaッsサーsāジji “massage” in Japanese

massāji

Character by character

マma
ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
サsa
ーstretches the sound before it
ジji

マッサージ is made of 3 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads massāji.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ホット

hotto — hot · breakdown →

キス

kisu — kiss · breakdown →

コールド

kōrudo — cold · breakdown →

More katakana words

カップルkappuru · couple
ハードhādo · hard
デートdēto · date
ソフトsofuto · soft
シェフshefu · chef
コンサートkonsāto · concert
カクテルkakuteru · cocktail
オペラopera · opera

All 426 katakana words → Katakana chart →

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