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harajuku

/ˌhɑɹəˈd͡ʒuːku/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
hara-juku
IPA
/ˌhɑɹəˈd͡ʒuːku/
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 原宿 (Harajuku, literally “lodging in the prairie”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Harajuku girl

Questions

How do you pronounce harajuku?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɑɹəˈd͡ʒuːku/.
What does harajuku mean?
A district of Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan.
Where does harajuku come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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