Katakana word

tero “terrorism” in Japanese

tero

Character by character

  1. te
  2. ro

テロ is made of 2 katakana sounds. It reads tero.

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テロリスト

terorisuto — terrorist · breakdown →

パリ

pari — Paris · breakdown →

セックス

sekkusu — sex · breakdown →

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