フォーク

フォーク · fuォuku · JLPT N5 · noun

fork

フォーク — fork

🍴 フォーク = English fork, respelled in katakana: fo-o-ku

A loanword from English fork. Japanese has no lone f or final k, so フォ gives fo, ー stretches the vowel in place of the r, and ク adds a closing u. Say fork slowly without the r and you already have it.

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