Katakana word

sakkusu “saxophone” in Japanese

sakkusu

Character by character

  1. sa
  2. small tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. ku
  4. su

サックス is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads sakkusu.

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フルート

furūto — flute · breakdown →

トランペット

toranpetto — trumpet · breakdown →

ハープ

hāpu — harp · breakdown →

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