Illustration: At a Japanese home kitchen table, a parent and child measure a round pot lid with a piece of string. The lid lies flat with its circular outline fully visible and its small central knob marking the center.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

直ちょっ径けい

chokkei

diameter

Example sentences

その穴あなは直径ちょっけい二にメートルです。
The hole is two meters across.
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湖みずうみは直径ちょっけい３マイルある。
The lake is three miles across.
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池いけの直径ちょっけいはどのくらいですか。
What is the distance across the pond?
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Kanji in 直径

直fix; repairOnチョク・ジキ・ジカKunただちに・なおす・なおる
径diameter; pathOnケイKunみち・こみち・さしわたし

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