Katakana word

プーru “pool” in Japanese

pūru

Character by character

  1. pu
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. ru

プール is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads pūru.

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エアコン

eakon — air conditioner · breakdown →

サンドイッチ

sandoitchi — sandwich · breakdown →

フロント

furonto — front desk · breakdown →

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