ポケット

ポケット · poketto · JLPT N5 · noun

pocket

ポケット — pocket

👖 poketto = English pocket, reshaped by Japanese sound rules

A loanword from English pocket. Japanese syllables must end in a vowel, so the final t gains an o, and the small ッ doubles the t: po-ke-tto. Say pocket with a brief pause before the t and a trailing o.

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