Tuesday 24 April 2012

U for uuru

U for uuru
ウール means wool
Since it is a foreign word(from English) it is written in Katakana. In katakana the doubling of vowels can be denoted either by writing the vowel twice or by using the a bar like symbol ー.
ウ=u
ル=ru
ー is used in horizontal script and | is used to denote the long vowel.







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