クリーニング

クリーニング · kuriiningu · JLPT N2 · noun

dry cleaning

🧺 Kurīningu sounds like 'queer-ning': a cleaner tidies a queue of laundry

Katakana of English 'cleaning', borrowed from the verb 'clean'. Its nearest sound is 'queer-ning'; the 'kuri' start echoes 'clean' itself. Think of it as 'clean-ing', said with a Japanese-style vowel at each syllable break.

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