Katakana word

トtoラraンnペpeッtトto “trumpet” in Japanese

toranpetto

Character by character

  1. トto
  2. ラra
  3. ンn
  4. ペpe
  5. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  6. トto

トランペット is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads toranpetto.

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