Illustration: On a humid afternoon in a Japanese apartment, a child studies a glass filled with ice water. Fresh droplets cover its outside, merging into larger beads that slide down and form a wet ring on the table. An adult points to the dry upper portion and the increasingly wet surface around the ice.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

現げん象しょう

genshou

phenomenon

Example sentences

オーロラは極地きょくちに特有とくゆうの現象げんしょうです。
The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the polar regions.
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月食げっしょくは珍めずらしい現象げんしょうだ。
An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
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同一どういち現象げんしょうが観察かんさつされた。
The same phenomenon has been observed.
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Kanji in 現象

現present; existingOnゲンKunあらわれる・あらわす・うつつ
象image; elephantOnショウ・ゾウKunかたどる

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