Katakana word

wairusu “virus” in Japanese

wairusu

Character by character

  1. wa
  2. i
  3. ru
  4. su

ワイルス is made of 4 katakana sounds. It reads wairusu.

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アイコン

aikon — icon · breakdown →

リンク

rinku — link · breakdown →

スタート

sutāto — start · breakdown →

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