ダブル

ダブル · daburu · JLPT N2 · noun

double

👯 Katakana loanword: English double with Japanese vowels added, so it becomes da-bu-ru

Japanese avoids consonant clusters, so English double (DUB-ul) gets an extra vowel per syllable: da-bu-ru. It appears in ダブルベッド (double bed) and ダブルエスプレッソ (double espresso).

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