ショック

ショック · shokku · JLPT N3 · noun

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⚡😱 ショック = shock, borrowed from English; shokku is just shock with a Japanese ending

A loanword written in katakana. Japanese adds a vowel after the final consonant, so shock turns into sho-kku. The small ッ doubles the k, which gives the word its sudden, jolting stop.

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