ピクニック

ピクニック · pikunikku · JLPT N3 · noun

field day

🧺🥪 Katakana spelling of English picnic: pi-ku-ni-kku

A loanword straight from English picnic. Japanese inserts a u after each k sound, and the small ッ doubles the final k, giving pi-ku-ni-kku. Say picnic with Japanese vowels added and you have the word.

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