Katakana word

パーtoナー “partner” in Japanese

pātonā

Character by character

  1. pa
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. to
  4. na
  5. stretches the sound before it

パートナー is made of 3 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads pātonā.

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パートナーシップ

pātonāshippu — partnership · breakdown →

ワイフ

waifu — wife · breakdown →

ボス

bosu — boss · breakdown →

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