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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

宙ちゅう

chuu

midair

Example sentences

  1. 2人にんが宙ちゅうに浮うく姿すがた

    the sight of a pair of people floating in midair

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 傘布かさぬのが剥はがれて骨ほねばかりとなった古ふるい唐傘からかさが、鳥とりのように宙ちゅうを舞まう姿すがたで描えがかれている。

    An old karakasa whose oil paper is gone and only ribs remain is portrayed flying in the air like a bird.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この為ために、卓上たくじょうにある食器しょっきその他たは派手はでに宙ちゅうを舞まうものの、空中くうちゅうで半回転はんかいてんして裏向うらむきになった卓袱台ちゃぶだいの下敷したじきになるように押おしつぶされ、あまり遠とおくに飛とばないことが多おおい。

    Although tableware on the chabudai flies dramatically into the air, they usually do not go far, as they are crushed under the table which turns upside down in midair.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 宙

  • 宙mid-air; airOnチュウ

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