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    3. 光年

    光年

    光こう年ねん

    light-year

    KMT8News #26+1Ref L2NounScience & MathKanji Vocab12 strokes

    こうねん

    Noun

    1.
    light-year
    astronomy

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    宇う宙ちゅうの距きょ離りは光こう年ねんで測はかられます。

    Distances in space are measured in light-years.

    KMT7Science & Math
    太たい陽ようから最もっとも近ちかい恒こう星せいは、約やくこうねんはな4.2光 年 離 れています。

    The closest star to the sun is about 4.2 light-years away.

    KMT8Science & Math
    光こう年ねんという単たん位いは、光ひかりが1年ねん間かんに進すすむ距きょ離りを示しめします。

    The unit "light-year" indicates the distance light travels in one year.

    KMT8Science & Math
    観かん測そくされている最もっとも遠とおい銀ぎん河がは、数すう十じゅう億おく光こう年ねん彼か方なたにあると推すい定ていされている。

    The furthest observed galaxy is estimated to be billions of light-years away.

    KMT9Science & Math
    宇う宙ちゅう探たん査さ機きが到とう達たつするには、何なん万まん光こう年ねんもかかる場ば所しょがある。

    There are places that would take tens of thousands of light-years for a space probe to reach.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    光
    ひか.る・ひかり…(8)
    ray・light
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
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