Katakana word
ソフト “soft” in Japanese
sofuto
Character by character
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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