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    3. 天の川

    天の川

    天あまの​川がわ

    Milky Way

    KMT6CoreNounNature & EnvironmentScience & MathKanji Vocab8 strokes

    天の河

    あまのがわあまのかわ

    Noun

    1.
    Milky Way, luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
    astronomy

    Stroke 0 / 8

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    夜よ空ぞらに天あまの川がわが見みえました。

    I saw the Milky Way in the night sky.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    夏なつの夜よるは天あまの川がわがとてもきれいです。

    The Milky Way is very beautiful on summer nights.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    都とかいりょこうがないば会しょではにくがんであまの光がわをはっき害りとみることがない場 所 では、肉 眼 で天 の川 をはっきりと見 ることができる。

    In places without urban light pollution, you can clearly see the Milky Way with the naked eye.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    天あまの川がわ銀ぎん河がには数すう千せん億おく個この星ほしがあると言いわれています。

    It is said that there are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

    KMT7Science & MathNature & Environment
    七たな夕ばたの夜よる、織おり姫ひめと彦ひこ星ぼしは天あまの川がわを渡わたって会あうことができます。

    On the night of Tanabata, Orihime and Hikoboshi can cross the Milky Way to meet.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    Kanji
    川
    かわ…(4)
    stream・river・river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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