Katakana word

シャshatsu “shirt” in Japanese

shatsu

Character by character

  1. シャsha
  2. tsu

シャツ is made of 2 katakana sounds. It reads shatsu.

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Tシャツ

T-shatsu — T-shirt · breakdown →

ネックレス

nekkuresu — necklace · breakdown →

パンツ

pantsu — underpants · breakdown →

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