Translation
yōkushā-teria means "Yorkshire Terrier" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.
yōkushā-teria is normally written with katakana, as ヨークシャー・テリア.
yōkushā-teria written with hiragana is よーくしゃー・てりあ.
yōkushā-teria does not have kanji. yōkushā-teria written with hiragana is よーくしゃー・てりあ.
| Romaji | yoo | ku | shaa | te | ri | a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katakana | ヨ | ー | ク | シャ | ー | ・ | テ | リ | ア |
| Hiragana | よ | ー | く | しゃ | ー | ・ | て | り | あ |
| Meaning | York | Shire | Terrier | ||||||
Orthography Notes
- yookushaa-teria is another way to romanize this word.
- シャ is a compound kana representing a single syllable with multiple characters.
- ヨー and シャー contain a long dash called the prolonged sound mark which makes the vowel of the syllable longer.
