Katakana word

rirakkusu “relax” in Japanese

rirakkusu

Character by character

  1. ri
  2. ra
  3. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. ku
  5. su

リラックス is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads rirakkusu.

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ズーム

zūmu — zoom · breakdown →

マスク

masuku — mask · breakdown →

シャンプー

shanpū — shampoo · breakdown →

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