フィルム

フィルム · fuィrumu · JLPT N5 · noun

movie

🎞️ fi-ru-mu = English film, with u added after l and m

A loanword from English film. Japanese has no bare l or m at the end of a syllable, so l becomes ru and m becomes mu: fi-ru-mu. Say film slowly with extra vowels and you have the word.

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