Translation
gūzu means "Goose" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.
| Romaji | guu | zu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katakana | グ | ー | ズ |
| Hiragana | ぐ | ー | ず |
Orthography Notes
- guuzu is another way to romanize this word.
- グー contains a long dash called the prolonged sound mark which makes the vowel of the syllable longer.
Trivia
- Geese is the plural of Goose, but because of how plurals work in Japanese, the same Japanese word that's used for "Goose" in the singular is also used for "Geese" in the plural.
- "Goose bumps" in Japanese is torihada 鳥肌, written with the kanji for the words "bird," tori 鳥, and "skin," hada 肌.
Synonyms
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