カー

カー · kaa · JLPT N3 · noun

car

🚗 カー is English car said in katakana: kaa

Japanese borrowed it straight from English car. Katakana has no final r, so the r sound turns into a long vowel, and car becomes kaa. You see it in words like マイカー (my car) and レンタカー (rental car).

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