zee
1. The way a Japanese person would say "the"

2. The American name for the letter Z (compare with "zed" elsewhere)
1. A Japanese person would probably say "The bus is going to Vermont" as "Zee boss eez going to Bahmont", as Japanese does not have the 'i' sound in fish, the the 'th' sounds in then or thin, the 'er' sound in 'first', or the 'v' sound in 'vitamin'.

2. Ay, bee, cee, dee, ee, eff, gee, aych, eye, jay, kay, ell, emm, enn, oh, pee, kyew, are, ess, tee, you, vee, double-you, ex, why, zee