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    3. 上空

    上空

    上じょう空くう

    sky

    N1KMT4News #6+1CoreNounWeather & GeographyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    じょうくう

    Noun

    1.
    sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    飛ひ行こう機きが上じょう空くうを飛とんでいる。

    An airplane is flying overhead.

    KMT3Travel & Transportation
    鳥とりが上じょう空くうを旋せん回かいしている。

    Birds are circling in the sky.

    KMT4Nature & Environment
    上じょう空くうの雲くもの動うごきから天てん気きを予よ測そくする。

    We predict the weather from the movement of clouds in the sky.

    KMT5Weather & GeographyScience & Math
    台たい風ふうが日に本ほんの南みなみの海かい上じょうを北ほく上じょうし、上じょう空くうの気き流りゅうが乱みだれている。

    A typhoon is moving north over the sea south of Japan, and the upper air currents are disturbed.

    KMT6Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    敵てっ機きが領りょう空くう上じょう空くうを侵しん犯ぱんした。

    Enemy aircraft violated the airspace above our territory.

    KMT6MilitaryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
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