Katakana word

バbaレーrēボーbōルru “volleyball” in Japanese

barēbōru

Character by character

  1. バba
  2. レre
  3. ーstretches the sound before it
  4. ボbo
  5. ーstretches the sound before it
  6. ルru

バレーボール is made of 4 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads barēbōru.

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