Katakana word

モmoティtiベーbēショshoンn “motivation” in Japanese

motibēshon

Character by character

  1. モmo
  2. ティti
  3. ベbe
  4. ーstretches the sound before it
  5. ショsho
  6. ンn

モティベーション is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads motibēshon.

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