Katakana word

ポpoケkeッtトtoモmoンnスsuターtā “Pokémon” in Japanese

pokettomonsutā

Character by character

  1. ポpo
  2. ケke
  3. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. トto
  5. モmo
  6. ンn
  7. スsu
  8. タta
  9. ーstretches the sound before it

ポケットモンスター is made of 7 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads pokettomonsutā.

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ビデ

bide — bidet · breakdown →

パチンコ

pachinko — pachinko · breakdown →

アップル

appuru — Apple (fruit / brand) · breakdown →

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