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    3. 日食

    日食

    日にっ食しょく

    solar eclipse

    KMT8News #22+1CoreNounScience & MathKanji Vocab13 strokes

    日蝕

    にっしょく

    Noun

    1.
    solar eclipse
    astronomy

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    今きょ日う、珍めずらしい日にっ食しょくが見みられるかもしれない。

    A rare solar eclipse might be seen today.

    KMT7Science & MathNature & Environment
    日にっ食しょくは、月つきが太たい陽ようと地ち球きゅうの間あいだに入はいるときに起おこる現げん象しょうだ。

    A solar eclipse is a phenomenon that occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    科か学がく者しゃたちは、日にっ食しょくを利り用ようして太たい陽ようのコロナを研けん究きゅうする。

    Scientists use solar eclipses to study the sun's corona.

    KMT8Science & Math
    皆かい既き日にっ食しょくの際さいには、空そらが暗くらくなり、星ほしが見みえることもある。

    During a total solar eclipse, the sky darkens, and stars can sometimes be seen.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment
    古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは、日にっ食しょくを不ふ吉きつな前ぜん兆ちょうとして恐おそれていた。

    Ancient people feared solar eclipses as an ominous omen.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    日
    ひ・-び・-か…(14)
    day・sun・Japan・counter for days
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
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