ミルク

ミルク · miruku · JLPT N3 · noun

milk

ミルク — milk

🥛 Loanword: miruku is English milk said in Japanese syllables, mi-ru-ku

Japanese words can't end in most consonants, so borrowed words gain extra vowels. The L becomes R, and a U is added after the final K: milk becomes mi-ru-ku. Saying it out loud, it is plainly milk.

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