Katakana word

sofuto “soft” in Japanese

sofuto

Character by character

  1. so
  2. fu
  3. to

ソフト is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads sofuto.

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コンサート

konsāto — concert · breakdown →

ハード

hādo — hard · breakdown →

オペラ

opera — opera · breakdown →

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