Katakana word

プpuロroグguラraマーmā “programmer” in Japanese

puroguramā

Character by character

  1. プpu
  2. ロro
  3. グgu
  4. ラra
  5. マma
  6. ー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 →

エンジニア

enjinia — engineer · breakdown →

ウェブデザイナー

webudezainā — web designer · breakdown →

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