スピーチ
スピーチ · supiichi · JLPT N3 · noun
address
🎤 Borrowed from English speech: su-pii-chi is speech in katakana
Japanese has no lone s or ch sounds, so English speech gains vowels: s becomes su, ee becomes the long pii, and ch becomes chi. It means a formal talk given to an audience, such as a wedding or graduation speech.