Katakana word

ショshoッpピpiンnグgu “shopping” in Japanese

shoppingu

Character by character

  1. ショsho
  2. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. ピpi
  4. ンn
  5. グgu

ショッピング is made of 4 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads shoppingu.

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シンプル

shinpuru — simple · breakdown →

ガス

gasu — gas · breakdown →

ユーロ

yūro — euro · breakdown →

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