クリスマス

クリスマス · kurisumasu · JLPT N3 · noun

Christmas

🎄🎅 Kurisumasu = Christmas said in Japanese syllables: ku-ri-su-ma-su

A loanword from English. Japanese adds a vowel after each consonant, so Christ-mas turns into ku-ri-su-ma-su. The t is silent in English too, so it is dropped.

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