バランス

バランス · baransu · JLPT N3 · noun

balance

⚖️ Loanword: baransu is simply English balance said in Japanese sounds

Japanese has no L sound, so the L becomes R, and syllables end in vowels: ba-ra-n-su. Say ba-lance slowly with an R and it comes out as baransu.

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