インク

インク · inku · JLPT N3 · noun

ink

🖋️ インク = ink, borrowed from English with an extra -u: in-ku

Japanese words can't end in a bare k, so a u is added to ink: in-ku. Most katakana loanwords are built this way, so a vowel tacked onto an English word is a good first guess.

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