ペット

ペット · petto · JLPT N5 · noun

pet

ペット — pet

🐶🐱 ペット = English pet, plus a small pause and a trailing o: pe-tto

A loanword straight from English pet. Japanese syllables rarely end in a bare t, so the t is doubled (the small ッ marks a brief pause) and an o is added: pe-t-to. Say pet, hold the t for a beat, then finish with o.

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