ビル
ビ-bi and ル-ru
Biru is a loanword meaning building and hence it is written in Katakana. Japanese does not have sound for la and hence all words which have a "la/l" sound in it are replaced by r.
Some examples of loanwords from English - elevator is erebeetaa, esculator is eskareetaa, Salad is sarada.
Arigato -- I am trying to learn Japanese and your A-to-Z posts could help.
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