Katakana word

boisukontoローru “voice control” in Japanese

boisukontorōru

Character by character

  1. bo
  2. i
  3. su
  4. ko
  5. n
  6. to
  7. ro
  8. stretches the sound before it
  9. ru

ボイスコントロール is made of 8 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads boisukontorōru.

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ボイスコマンド

boisukomando — voice command · breakdown →

ボイスメッセージ

boisumessēji — voice message · breakdown →

ドラム

doramu — drum · breakdown →

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