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murakami

/mʊɹɑkˈɑmi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
mu-raka-mi
IPA
/mʊɹɑkˈɑmi/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 村上 (Murakami, literally “upper town, upper part of a town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Murakamis (plural)

Derived Forms

Murakamian

Rhymes With

tommy mommy tsunami ami swami rami commie salami balmy tommie pastrami minami

Questions

How do you pronounce murakami?
The recorded pronunciation is /mʊɹɑkˈɑmi/.
What does murakami mean?
A surname from Japanese.
Where does murakami come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce murakami

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