Katakana word

meron “melon” in Japanese

meron

Character by character

  1. me
  2. ro
  3. n

メロン is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads meron.

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トマト

tomato — tomato · breakdown →

レモン

remon — lemon · breakdown →

キャベツ

kyabetsu — cabbage · breakdown →

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