Illustration: On the rooftop observation terrace of a local Japanese science center, a child stands on a low step to look through the eyepiece of a long telescope mounted on a sturdy tripod. The tube points toward a clearly visible crescent moon above distant apartment roofs.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

望ぼう遠えん鏡きょう

bouenkyou

telescope

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうに目めを当あてた。

    He put his eye to a telescope.

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  2. 遠とおくの物ものが望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうで見みえる。

    We can see distant objects with a telescope.

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  3. 彼かれは望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうを使つかってその船ふねを眺ながめた。

    He looked at the ship through his telescope.

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Kanji in 望遠鏡

  • 望ambition; full moonOnボウ・モウKunのぞむ・もち
  • 遠distant; farOnエン・オンKunとおい
  • 鏡mirror; speculumOnキョウ・ケイKunかがみ

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