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    3. 高空

    高空

    高こう空くう

    high altitude

    KMT10News #46+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab18 strokes

    こうくうたかぞら

    Noun

    1.
    high altitude

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    飛ひ行こう機きが高こう空くうを飛とんでいる。

    An airplane is flying at high altitude.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    高こう空くうでは空くう気きが薄うすく、呼こ吸きゅうが難むずかしい。

    The air is thin at high altitudes, making breathing difficult.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentMedicine & Health
    高こう空くうのジェット気き流りゅうが、地ち上じょうの天てん候こうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

    High-altitude jet streams have a significant impact on ground weather.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentWeather & GeographyScience & Math
    高こう空くうに現あらわれるオーロラは、神しん秘ぴ的てきな光こう景けいだ。

    The aurora appearing in the high sky is a mystical sight.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しは高こう空くうから地ち球きゅうの美うつくしさを見みた。

    The astronaut saw the beauty of Earth from high altitude.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    高
    たか.い・たか・-だか・たか.まる・たか.める…(6)
    tall・high・expensive
    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
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