スキー

スキー · sukii · JLPT N3 · noun

ski

スキー — ski

🎿 スキー = English ski, borrowed: su-kii, with a long ee at the end

A loanword from English ski (originally Norwegian). Japanese can't start a syllable with a bare s+k, so a u slips in: s-ki becomes su-ki. The ー mark stretches the final i, giving sukii. Say ski slowly and you already have it.

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