トンネル

トンネル · tonneru · JLPT N3 · noun

tunnel

トンネル — tunnel

🚇 Loanword from English tunnel: ton-ne-ru, with the n held twice

Japanese borrowed the English word tunnel and fitted it to its own sounds. The double n in ton-neru keeps the stressed tun of tunnel, and the final l turns into ru, as it does in hoteru for hotel.

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