スイッチ

スイッチ · suicchi · JLPT N3 · noun

switch

スイッチ — switch

🎚️ suicchi = English switch, with an extra i so the word can end in a vowel

A loanword from English. Japanese has no bare sw or final ch, so s gains a u and ch gains an i: su-i-cchi. The small ッ doubles the ch, giving the clipped stop you hear in the English word.

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