Katakana word

sandoitchi “sandwich” in Japanese

sandoitchi

Character by character

  1. sa
  2. n
  3. do
  4. i
  5. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  6. chi

サンドイッチ is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads sandoitchi.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

プール

pūru — pool · breakdown →

ポストカード

posutokādo — postcard · breakdown →

エアコン

eakon — air conditioner · breakdown →

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