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    3. 針路

    針路

    針しん路ろ

    course

    N2KMT9News #26+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab23 strokes

    しんろ

    Noun

    1.
    course, direction

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    船ふねは正ただしい針しん路ろを進すすんでいます。

    The ship is proceeding on the correct course.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    嵐あらしのため、船ふねは針しん路ろを変へん更こうせざるを得えなかった。

    Due to the storm, the ship had no choice but to change its course.

    KMT9Travel & Transportation
    人じん生せいにおいて、自じ分ぶんの針しん路ろを自じ分ぶんで決 めることは重じゅう要ようだ。

    In life, it's important to decide your own course.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    航こう空くう管かん制せい官かんは、飛ひ行こう機きに新あたらしい針しん路ろを指し示じした。

    Air traffic control instructed the airplane to take a new course.

    KMT9Travel & Transportation
    羅ら針しん盤ばんが故こ障しょうし、船せん長ちょうは針しん路ろを見み失うしなった。

    The compass broke, and the captain lost the ship's course.

    KMT9Travel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    針
    はり…(2)
    needle・pin・staple・stinger
    路
    -じ・みち…(2)
    path・route・road・distance
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