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S3-35 A Katakana Word I Didn’t Realise Was Strange


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How is your Japanese learning journey going? Do you struggle with Katakana words? I recently came across a Katakana word that I hadn’t noticed was strange before. Now, it’s part of my ‘strange word’ group. Check it out!

 

This episode's vocab list:

カタカナ語に苦労する to struggle/challenge with Katakana words

英語のような発音 pronunciation that sounds like English

通じません。It’s not understood /It isn’t coming through.

英語以外の言葉 languages other than English

フランス語 French

ポルトガル語 Portuguese

ドイツ語 German

オランダ語 Dutch

その中でも特に変なのは The especially strange ones among them are

ブランド名 Brand name

3つとも all three

使い始めました。They began using

カタカナ語の由来 the origin of that katakana word

ただの偶然かもしれません。It might be just a coincidence.

部品 parts of the product

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