Illustration: In a Japanese science museum, a child stands on a small step beside a large globe mounted on a visibly tilted axle. Recognizable continents surround the Arctic Ocean at the globe's upper axial endpoint.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北ほっ極きょく

hokkyoku

North Pole

Example sentences

彼かれは北極ほっきょく探検たんけんに出でかけた。
He left on an expedition to the North Pole.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
われわれは、ペアリーが北極ほっきょくを発見はっけんしたと信しんじている。
We credit Peary with having discovered the North Pole.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらは北極ほっきょく探検たんけんに出でた。
They went on an expedition to the North Pole.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 北極

北northOnホクKunきた
極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり

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