Katakana word

パpaイiナnaッpプpuルru “pineapple” in Japanese

painappuru

Character by character

  1. パpa
  2. イi
  3. ナna
  4. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  5. プpu
  6. ルru

パイナップル is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads painappuru.

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アンサー

ansā — answer · breakdown →

クラブ

kurabu — club · breakdown →

アポ

apo — appointment · breakdown →

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