Katakana word
テニス “tennis” in Japanese
tenisu
Character by character
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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