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    3. 北上

    北上

    北ほく上じょう

    going north

    KMT6News #15+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab8 strokes

    ほくじょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    going north

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    電でん車しゃは北ほく上じょうしています。

    The train is heading north.

    KMT4Travel & Transportation
    台たい風ふうはゆっくりと北ほく上じょうを続つづけている。

    The typhoon is slowly continuing its northward movement.

    KMT6Weather & Geography
    北ほっ海かい道どうへ向むかうため、私わたしたちは新しん幹かん線せんで北ほく上じょうした。

    To go to Hokkaido, we traveled north by Shinkansen.

    KMT6Travel & Transportation
    彼かれは故こ郷きょうを離はなれ、新あらたな生せい活かつを求もとめて北ほく上じょうした。

    He left his hometown and headed north in search of a new life.

    KMT7Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの軍ぐん隊たいがこの道みちを北ほく上じょうした。

    Historically, many armies advanced north along this road.

    KMT7HistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    北
    きた…(5)
    north
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
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