ベッド

ベッド · beddo · JLPT N5 · noun

bed

ベッド — bed

🛏️ beddo = English bed + an extra o; a loanword in katakana

ベッド is borrowed straight from English bed. Japanese syllables rarely end in a bare consonant, so a final o is added: bed → beddo. The small ッ doubles the d, giving a brief pause before it: be-d-do.

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