Katakana word

pairotto “pilot” in Japanese

pairotto

Character by character

  1. pa
  2. i
  3. ro
  4. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  5. to

パイロット is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads pairotto.

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キャンプ

kyanpu — camp · breakdown →

ヘリコプター

herikoputā — helicopter · breakdown →

ゲーム

gēmu — game · breakdown →

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