> They called it KIRE-NA, meaning "clean" in Japanese. KIRE-NA is a phonemic translation of "clean" into Japanese, which doesn't have a distinct "l" sound and

> They called it KIRE-NA, meaning "clean" in Japanese. KIRE-NA is a phonemic translation of "clean" into Japanese, which doesn't have a distinct "l" sound and where most Katakana syllables are a consonant followed by a vowel. Although the letter ン (n) is an exception so I don't know why they didn't call it KIREEN (キレーン).