テスト

テスト · tesuto · JLPT N5 · noun

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📝 テスト = te-su-to: English test with vowels added, a loanword

Japanese syllables cannot end in s or t, so the borrowed English word test gains extra vowels: te-su-to. Say test slowly with a soft u after the s and an o after the final t, and you have the Japanese word.

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