パイロット

パイロット · pairotto · JLPT N3 · noun

pilot

パイロット — pilot

👨‍✈️✈️ Loanword from English pilot: pai-ro-tto = pi-lo-t

Japanese has no separate L sound, so the L in pilot becomes R. The long English i turns into pai, and the final t picks up a small tsu and an o: pairotto.

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