Katakana word
オニオン “onion” in Japanese
onion
Character by character
オニオン is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads onion.
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ガーリック
gārikku — garlic · breakdown →
ピーマン
pīman — green pepper · breakdown →
グレープ
gurēpu — grape · breakdown →
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