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    3. 半周

    半周

    半はん周しゅう

    semicircle

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L2Science & MathKanji Vocab13 strokes

    はんしゅう

    Noun

    1.
    semicircle, hemicycle, half globe

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    2.
    to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    その湖みずうみの周まわりを半はん周しゅう歩あるいた。

    I walked halfway around the lake.

    KMT7Daily LifeNature & Environment
    地ち球きゅうの半はん周しゅうを飛ひ行こう機きで移い動どうするのに約やく12時じ間かんかかった。

    It took about 12 hours to travel halfway around the Earth by plane.

    KMT10Science & MathTravel & Transportation
    この道どう路ろは、山やまの斜しゃ面めんを半はん周しゅうするように建けん設せつされている。

    This road is constructed to go halfway around the mountain slope.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    月つきは地ち球きゅうの周まわりを約やく一ひとヶ月げつで一い周っし、その半ゅうしその周はんしゅうが約やくじゅうよっか14日 だ。

    The moon orbits the Earth in about one month, and half of that orbit is about 14 days.

    KMT10Science & Math
    太たい陽よう系けいの惑わく星せいの軌き道どうは、完かん全ぜんな円えんではなく楕だ円えんを半はん周しゅうするような形かたちをしている。

    The orbits of the planets in the solar system are not perfect circles, but rather shaped like half an ellipse.

    KMT10Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
    周
    まわ.り…(9)
    circumference・circuit・lap
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