クラス

クラス · kurasu · JLPT N5 · noun

class

🏫 kurasu = English class with Japanese vowels added: ku-ra-su

A loanword from English class. Japanese cannot end a syllable on a bare consonant or stack k+l, so it pads with u and swaps l for r: cl-a-ss becomes ku-ra-su. Say it fast and the u sounds almost vanish, leaving something close to klass.

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