Katakana word

トーnamento “tournament” in Japanese

tōnamento

Character by character

  1. to
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. na
  4. me
  5. n
  6. to

トーナメント is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads tōnamento.

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ボール

bōru — ball · breakdown →

スポーツ

supōtsu — sports · breakdown →

ルール

rūru — rule · breakdown →

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