Katakana word

サーbisu “service” in Japanese

sābisu

Character by character

  1. sa
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. bi
  4. su

サービス is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads sābisu.

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バカンス

bakansu — vacation · breakdown →

ロッカー

rokkā — locker · breakdown →

パターン

patān — pattern · breakdown →

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