Katakana word

パーtoナーshippu “partnership” in Japanese

pātonāshippu

Character by character

  1. pa
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. to
  4. na
  5. stretches the sound before it
  6. shi
  7. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  8. pu

パートナーシップ is made of 5 katakana sounds, 2 long-vowel marks and 1 small ッ. It reads pātonāshippu.

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ボス

bosu — boss · breakdown →

パートナー

pātonā — partner · breakdown →

マネージャー

manējā — manager · breakdown →

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