キャプテン
キャプテン · kyaputen · JLPT N3 · noun
captain
⚓🚢 Borrowed from English captain: kya-pu-ten, one katakana mora per beat
Japanese borrowed captain from English. The cap becomes キャ (kya) plus a small プ (pu), and tain becomes テン (ten). The word comes from Latin caput, head, so a captain is the head of a ship or team.