What does the littleっ mean in words/phrases

[karate.1996_511414]

I am curious as to what っ means and if it is different to つ.
I see this character a lot but I never find any learning material about it.
やっ きよく is word I have encountered in your video lesson in the daily dose about "joshi-kai"
Thanks for the replies

[jim.schuler]

The っ is called a sokuon, and when represented in romaji is shown as a doubling of the consonant that follows it. So, やっきよく is written as yakkyoku. It's pronounced like a glottal stop, which you can understand as that little pause in the middle of "uh-oh."

[karate.1996_511414]

The っ is called a sokuon, and when represented in romaji is shown as a doubling of the consonant that follows it. So, やっきよく is written as yakkyoku. It's pronounced like a glottal stop, which you can understand as that little pause in the middle of "uh-oh."

Awesome, thank you very much
Arigatou gozaimasu

[community.japanese]

さん、
konnichiwa.
That is good you understand clearly.

jim.schuler san,
konnichiwa.
Thank you for helping san.

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