Katakana word

sukuリーn “screen” in Japanese

sukurīn

Character by character

  1. su
  2. ku
  3. ri
  4. stretches the sound before it
  5. n

スクリーン is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads sukurīn.

Can you read these?

Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ワイファイ

waifai — wifi · breakdown →

ハードウェア

hādowea — hardware · breakdown →

SIMカード

SIM-kādo — SIM card · breakdown →

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