Katakana word

suペーsu “space” in Japanese

supēsu

Character by character

  1. su
  2. pe
  3. stretches the sound before it
  4. su

スペース is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads supēsu.

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Same script, same rules. Try before you reveal.

ユーフォー

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エスエフ

esuefu — SF · breakdown →

クローン

kurōn — clone · breakdown →

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