サラダ

サラダ · sarada · JLPT N4 · noun

salad

サラダ — salad

🥗 sarada = English salad in katakana: sa-ra-da

A loanword from English salad. Japanese has no L sound, so L becomes R, and every consonant needs a vowel after it, so the final d gains an a: sa-la-d turns into sa-ra-da.

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