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    3. 気球

    気球

    気き球きゅう

    balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.)

    KMT7News #20+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ききゅう

    Noun

    1.
    balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.), blimp

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    空そらに大おおきな気き球きゅうが浮うかんでいていた。

    A large balloon was floating in the sky.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    熱ねつ気き球きゅうに乗のって、上じょう空くうからの景けし色きを楽たのしんだ。

    I enjoyed the view from above while riding in a hot air balloon.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    カッパドキアでは、早そう朝ちょうにたくさんの気き球きゅうが飛とび立たつ光こう景けいが見みられる。

    In Cappadocia, you can see the sight of many hot air balloons taking off early in the morning.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    気き象しょう観かん測そく用ようの気き球きゅうは、高こう層そう大たい気きのデータを収しゅう集しゅうするのに使つかわれる。

    Weather balloons are used to collect data from the upper atmosphere.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    成せい層そう圏けんに到とう達たつする気き球きゅうの開かい発はつが進すすめられている。

    The development of balloons that can reach the stratosphere is underway.

    KMT8Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    球
    たま…(2)
    ball・sphere
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