Katakana word

monsuター “monster” in Japanese

monsutā

Character by character

  1. mo
  2. n
  3. su
  4. ta
  5. stretches the sound before it

モンスター is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads monsutā.

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マジック

majikku — magic · breakdown →

クローン

kurōn — clone · breakdown →

アーミー

āmī — army · breakdown →

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