Katakana word
トイレ “toilet” in Japanese
toire
Character by character
トイレ is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads toire.
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ホテル
hoteru — hotel · breakdown →
クラス
kurasu — class · breakdown →
バー
bā — bar · breakdown →
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