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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地ち中ちゅう海かい

chichuukai

Mediterranean Sea

Example sentences

その海うみを地中海ちちゅうかいと呼よびます。
People call the sea the Mediterranean.
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彼かれは休暇きゅうかで地中海ちちゅうかいへ行いっている。
He’s gone on holiday to the Mediterranean.
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アテネへ向むかう一隻いっせきの貨物船かもつせんが何なにの痕跡こんせきも残のこさずに地中海ちちゅうかいで沈没ちんぼつした。
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
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Kanji in 地中海

地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ

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