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    3. 海溝

    海溝

    海かい溝こう

    oceanic trench

    KMT10News #35+1Ref L2NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab22 strokes

    かいこう

    Noun

    1.
    oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    海うみには深ふかい海かい溝こうがあります。

    There are deep oceanic trenches in the sea.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    マリアナ海かい溝こうは世せ界かいで最もっとも深ふかい海かい溝こうです。

    The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench in the world.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    深しん海かい探たん査さ機きが海かい溝こうの底そこに生せい息そくする未み知ちの生せい物ぶつを発はっ見けんしました。

    A deep-sea probe discovered unknown creatures living at the bottom of the oceanic trench.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    地じ震しんはプレートの境きょう界かいである海かい溝こう付ふ近きんで頻ひん繁ぱんに発はっ生せいします。

    Earthquakes frequently occur near oceanic trenches, which are plate boundaries.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    海かい溝こうの研けん究きゅうは、地ち球きゅうの地ち質しつ学がく的てき歴れき史しを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    The study of oceanic trenches is important for understanding Earth's geological history.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    溝
    みぞ…(2)
    gutter・ditch・sewer・drain・10**32
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