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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

風ふう速そく

fuusoku

wind speed

Example sentences

  1. ハリケーンの種類しゅるいは風速ふうそくによって決きまります。

    The category of a hurricane depends on its wind speed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 高速道路こうそくどうろなどでは風速ふうそく・風向ふうこうを示しめす吹流ふきながしが、4月がつ・5月がつには鯉幟こいのぼりに取とって代かえられる場合ばあいも多おおい。

    On an expressway, it is often the case that the streamers used to indicate wind velocity and direction are replaced with koi-nobori during the period of April and May.

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

  3. 砂塵さじんが舞まい上あがる条件じょうけんとして、タクラマカン・ゴビ・黄土高原こうどこうげんにおいて上空じょうくう10mの平均へいきん風速ふうそくが5m/s以上いじょう、という研究結果けんきゅうけっかがある。

    An investigation found that, in the Takla Makan Desert, the Gobi Desert, and the Loess Plateau, dust was flung up into the air when the average wind speed at the height of 10 m above the ground was 5 m/s or more.

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

Kanji in 風速

  • 風wind; airOnフウ・フKunかぜ・かざ-
  • 速quick; fastOnソクKunはやい・はや-・はやめる

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