Katakana word

スsuタtaッfフfu “staff” in Japanese

sutaffu

Character by character

  1. スsu
  2. タta
  3. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  4. フfu

スタッフ is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads sutaffu.

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アーキテクチャー

ākitekuchā — architecture · breakdown →

チーム

chīmu — team · breakdown →

アパート

apāto — apartment · breakdown →

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