Katakana word

ウェweブbuデdeベbeロroッpパーpā “web developer” in Japanese

webudeberoppā

Character by character

ウェwe
ブbu
デde
ベbe
ロro
ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
パpa
ーstretches the sound before it

ウェブデベロッパー is made of 6 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 1 small ッ. It reads webudeberoppā.

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マーケット

māketto — market · breakdown →

ウェブデザイナー

webudezainā — web designer · breakdown →

マーケティング

māketingu — marketing · breakdown →

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