Katakana word
スプーン “spoon” in Japanese
supūn
Character by character
スプーン is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads supūn.
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グラス
gurasu — glass · breakdown →
フォーク
fōku — fork · breakdown →
ビジネス
bijinesu — business · breakdown →
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