Illustration: At a Japanese film studio's outdoor effects ground, a small empty mock shed explodes behind a protective earth bank. Its roof lifts clear as a compact fireball and dense cloud burst through the walls, throwing broken boards outward from the same center.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

爆ばく発はつ

bakuhatsu

explosion, blast

Example sentences

  1. 屋根やねは爆発ばくはつで吹ふき飛とばされた。

    The roof was blown off by the explosion.

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  2. 爆発ばくはつの原因げんいんは何なにだったの？

    What was the cause of the explosion?

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  3. 突然とつぜん爆発ばくはつが起おこった。

    All at once there was an explosion.

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Kanji in 爆発

  • 爆bomb; burst openOnバクKunはぜる
  • 発departure; dischargeOnハツ・ホツKunたつ・あばく・おこる

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