シャワー

シャワー · shawaa · JLPT N5 · noun

shower

🚿 シャワー = English shower, borrowed: sha-waa, the final r becomes a long a

A katakana loanword from English shower. Japanese drops the final r and stretches the vowel instead, marked by the long dash ー. Say shower with a non-rhotic accent and you are already saying shawaa.

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