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    3. 両極

    両極

    両りょう極きょく

    both extremities

    N1KMT8News #25+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab18 strokes

    りょうきょく

    Noun

    1.
    both extremities
    2.
    North and South Poles
    3.
    positive and negative poles

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    磁じ石しゃくにはN極エヌきょくとS極エスきょくの両りょう極きょくがある。

    A magnet has two poles, N and S.

    KMT5Science & Math
    彼かれの意い見けんは常つねに、議ぎ論ろんの両りょう極きょく端たんを行いき来きする。

    His opinions always swing between the two extremes of the argument.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    地ち球きゅうの両りょう極きょくでは、オーロラが観かん測そくされることがある。

    Auroras can sometimes be observed at the Earth's poles.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    電でん池ちには正せい極きょくと負ふ極きょくという両りょう極きょくがあり、電でん流りゅうを生うみ出だす。

    A battery has two poles, positive and negative, which generate electric current.

    KMT8Science & MathTechnology
    人にん間げんの感かん情じょうは、喜よろこびと悲かなしみという両りょう極きょくの間あいだで揺ゆれ動うごくものだ。

    Human emotions are things that fluctuate between the two extremes of joy and sorrow.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    両
    てる・ふたつ…(2)
    both・old Japanese coin・counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)・two
    極
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み・き.める・-ぎ.め…(3)
    poles・settlement・conclusion・end・highest rank…(6)
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