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    3. 防空壕

    防空壕

    防ぼう空くう壕ごう

    air-raid shelter

    KMT10News #36+1NounHistoryMilitaryKanji Vocab32 strokes

    ぼうくうごう

    Noun

    1.
    air-raid shelter, bomb shelter

    Stroke 0 / 32

    Speed1.0x

    戦せん争そう中ちゅう、人ひと々びとは防ぼう空くう壕ごうに避ひ難なんした。

    During the war, people evacuated to air-raid shelters.

    KMT8HistoryMilitary
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、祖そ父ふから防ぼう空くう壕ごうでの体たい験けん談だんを聞きいたことがある。

    When I was a child, I heard my grandfather's stories about his experiences in an air-raid shelter.

    KMT9HistoryFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    この公こう園えんの地ち下かには、昔むかしの防ぼう空くう壕ごうが残のこっている。

    An old air-raid shelter remains underground in this park.

    KMT10HistoryMilitaryNature & Environment
    防ぼう空くう壕ごうの建けん設せつは、当とう時じの市し民みん生せい活かつに大おおきな影いきょ響うを与あたえた。

    The construction of air-raid shelters had a significant impact on civilian life at the time.

    KMT10HistoryMilitaryDaily Life
    敵てっ機きの襲しゅう来らいに備そなえ、各かく地ちに防ぼう空くう壕ごうが掘ほられた。

    Air-raid shelters were dug in various places in preparation for enemy aircraft attacks.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    防
    ふせ.ぐ…(4)
    ward off・defend・protect・resist
    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
    壕
    ほり…(2)
    trench・dugout・air raid shelter
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