ポイント

ポイント · pointo · JLPT N1 · noun

point

📍 Sounds like 'pointo', close to English 'point': a pin marks a point on a map.

ポイント is a loanword from English 'point', so the word itself is the same idea. Katakana spells it po-in-to, with the final 'to' sounded clearly.

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