Katakana word
レストラン “restaurant” in Japanese
resutoran
Character by character
レストラン is made of 5 katakana sounds. It reads resutoran.
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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.
ナイフ
naifu — knife · breakdown →
バー
bā — bar · breakdown →
フォーク
fōku — fork · breakdown →
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