Katakana word
サッカー “soccer” in Japanese
sakkā
Character by character
サッカー is made of 2 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads sakkā.
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スキー
sukī — ski · breakdown →
テニス
tenisu — tennis · breakdown →
ラグビー
ragubī — rugby · breakdown →
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