Katakana word

トtoラraンnスsuジェjeンnダーdā “transgender” in Japanese

toransujendā

Character by character

  1. トto
  2. ラra
  3. ンn
  4. スsu
  5. ジェje
  6. ンn
  7. ダda
  8. ーstretches the sound before it

トランスジェンダー is made of 7 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads toransujendā.

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