jurafu ジュラフ

Translation

jurafu means "Giraffe" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.

jurafu is normally written with katakana, as ジュラフ.
jurafu written with hiragana is じゅらふ.

ジュ is a compound kana representing a single syllable with multiple characters.

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Scientific name: Giraffa camelopardalis.

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