Katakana word

tenisu “tennis” in Japanese

tenisu

Character by character

  1. te
  2. ni
  3. su

テニス is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads tenisu.

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サッカー

sakkā — soccer · breakdown →

ルール

rūru — rule · breakdown →

スキー

sukī — ski · breakdown →

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