Katakana word

orenji “orange” in Japanese

orenji

Character by character

  1. o
  2. re
  3. n
  4. ji

オレンジ is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads orenji.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

レモン

remon — lemon · breakdown →

バナナ

banana — banana · breakdown →

メロン

meron — melon · breakdown →

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