Katakana word

スsuノーnōボーbōドdo “snowboarding” in Japanese

sunōbōdo

Character by character

  1. スsu
  2. ノno
  3. ーstretches the sound before it
  4. ボbo
  5. ーstretches the sound before it
  6. ドdo

スノーボード is made of 4 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads sunōbōdo.

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エフワン

efuwan — F1 · breakdown →

サーフィン

sāfin — surfing · breakdown →

モータースポーツ

mōtāsupōtsu — motorsports · breakdown →

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