Eight words
Click a cell: Japanese reads the katakana.
or use the + on each cell
In a sentence
How the word sounds in a sentence. Tap the line to hear it all, tap the highlighted word to hear just that part.
Eight pairs
Morae = kana count (a contracted sound is one mora); per mora = span duration ÷ morae.
| English | Katakana | Morae | Per mora | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| energy | エネルギー | 5 | 158 ms | エ · ネ · ル · ギ · ー |
| team | チーム | 3 | 170 ms | チ · ー · ム |
| strike | ストライク | 5 | 158 ms | ス · ト · ラ · イ · ク |
| bus | バス | 2 | 210 ms | バ · ス |
| digital | デジタル | 4 | 175 ms | デ · ジ · タ · ル |
| hotel | ホテル | 3 | 160 ms | ホ · テ · ル |
| violin | ヴァイオリン | 5 | 154 ms | ヴァ · イ · オ · リ · ン |
| window | ウィンドウ | 4 | 155 ms | ウィ · ン · ド · ウ |
How to practise
- Tap five beats for ス・ト・ラ・イ・ク — not one English syllable.
- A final consonant always gets a vowel: バ・ス, not b-s.
- ー takes a mora too: チーム is チ・イ・ム, three morae.
Where these numbers come from
Morae from ja_mora.n_mora(); per mora = span duration ÷ morae. The eight words land at 154–210 ms per mora, matching the 195 ms median on the mora page — an independent sign that timing is counted in morae.
Compare per-mora values, never total duration: longer words sit near 160 ms, while the two-mora バス reads high (210 ms) because each mora is a larger share of a short word. Japanese reads the katakana, so this page does not compare the original English pronunciation.