• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Looking up the katakana, it phonetically translates to “Ba- Bi-“. From what I remember, Japanese/Katakana has consonant-vowels paired up, so I think the closest you might be able to do is “Ba Ri Bi” or something like that. Not an expert in any way.

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      1 year ago

      バービ sounds more correct to me or バールビ (ba- ru bi) if you want the r sound but if you look it up it is shown as バービー in Japan. Strange that they would elongate the ビー.

      I lived in Japan for almost 10 years, so I’m somewhat confident about that. Translations, especially phonetic ones can be a little weird sometimes.