Katakana word

puroguraマー “programmer” in Japanese

puroguramā

Character by character

  1. pu
  2. ro
  3. gu
  4. ra
  5. ma
  6. stretches the sound before it

プログラマー is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads puroguramā.

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アナリスト

anarisuto — analyst · breakdown →

エンギニア

enginia — engineer · breakdown →

ウェブデザイナー

webudezainā — web designer · breakdown →

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