Katakana word

ポpoスsuトtoカーkāドdo “postcard” in Japanese

posutokādo

Character by character

  1. ポpo
  2. スsu
  3. トto
  4. カka
  5. ーstretches the sound before it
  6. ドdo

ポストカード is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads posutokādo.

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サンドイッチ

sandoitchi — sandwich · breakdown →

ポスト

posuto — postbox · breakdown →

プール

pūru — pool · breakdown →

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