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ー long vowel

How to say ー (the long vowel mark) in Japanese, with a picture to remember it.

Sounds like "aah"

Hold the vowel before it for one extra beat: あー is a long A.

Memory cue: Taffy

The vowel stretches like Taffy, twice as long.

In Remlori, this picture appears in every word that contains ー (11 words in the course so far).

Learn ー inside real words, with audio.