Katakana word

sofutoウェwea “software” in Japanese

sofutowea

Character by character

  1. so
  2. fu
  3. to
  4. ウェwe
  5. a

ソフトウェア is made of 5 katakana sounds. It reads sofutowea.

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ハードウェア

hādowea — hardware · breakdown →

アプリケーション

apurikēshon — application · breakdown →

スクリーン

sukurīn — screen · breakdown →

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