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    3. 黄土

    黄土

    黄おう土ど

    loess

    KMT10News #36+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab14 strokes

    おうどこうど

    Noun

    1.
    loess
    geology
    2.
    yellow ochre, yellow ocher
    3.
    Hades, hell, underworld, world of the dead
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    黄おう土どは黄き色いろい土つちのことです。

    Loess is a type of yellow soil.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentCore Concepts
    中ちゅう国ごくの黄こう河が流りゅう域いきには広こう大だいな黄おう土ど高こう原げんが広ひろがっている。

    A vast loess plateau stretches across China's Yellow River basin.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    古こ代だいの壁へき画がには、黄おう土どを顔がん料りょうとして用もちいたものが多おおく見みられる。

    Many ancient murals can be seen using yellow ochre as a pigment.

    KMT10Art & DesignHistory
    黄おう土どは風かぜによって運うんばれた細ぱれたこまかい土つち粒りゅう子しが堆たい積せきしてできた地ち層そうだ。

    Loess is a stratum formed by the accumulation of fine soil particles carried by wind.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    彼かの女じょは黄おう土ど色いろの絵えの具ぐを使つかって、砂さ漠ばくの風ふう景けいを描えがいた。

    She used yellow ochre paint to depict a desert landscape.

    KMT10Art & DesignNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    黄
    き・こ-…(4)
    yellow
    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
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