Meaning of 上空 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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上空JLPT 1
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Kana Readingじょうくう
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Romajijōkū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
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Example Sentences
上空, じょうくう used in context
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暖かい軽い空気は山越えすると上空に上昇し、地上には下りてこないことなど、風は地形によって変わります。
When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
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A plane is flying above the city.
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Even the upper atmosphere is polluted.
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We had a glimpse of the lake as we flew over it.
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The jet made a whining sound as it soared overhead.
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We are flying over the Pacific.
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Kanji found in this word
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
On: クウ
Kun: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい
8 strokes
above, up
On: ジョウ, ショウ, シャン
Kun: うえ, -うえ, うわ-, かみ, あ.げる, -あ.げる, あ.がる, -あ.がる, あ.がり, -あ.がり, のぼ.る, のぼ.り, のぼ.せる, のぼ.す, よ.す
3 strokes
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