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    3. 白夜

    白夜

    白びゃく夜や

    night under the midnight sun

    KMT9News #30+1NounWeather & GeographyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    びゃくやはくや

    Noun

    1.
    night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set

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    北ほっ極きょく圏けんでは夏なつに白びゃく夜やが見みられます。

    White nights can be seen in the Arctic Circle during summer.

    KMT7Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    白びゃく夜やの空そらは、幻げん想そう的てきな美うつくしさがあります。

    The sky during white nights has a fantastical beauty.

    KMT8Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    白びゃく夜やの期き間かん中ちゅうは、夜よるでも太たい陽ようが沈しずまないため、眠ねむりにくい。

    During the white nights, it's hard to sleep because the sun doesn't set even at night.

    KMT9Weather & GeographyDaily Life
    白びゃく夜やを体たい験けんするために、北ほく欧おうへの旅りょ行こうを計けい画かくしています。

    I'm planning a trip to Northern Europe to experience the white nights.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationWeather & Geography
    白びゃく夜やの現げん象しょうは、地ち球きゅうの地ち軸じくの傾かたむきと公こう転てんによって引ひき起おこされます。

    The phenomenon of white nights is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis and its revolution around the sun.

    KMT10Weather & GeographyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    白
    しろ・しら-・しろ.い…(5)
    white
    夜
    よ・よる…(1)
    night・evening
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