Illustration: In a Japanese science museum, a child fits a large removable North American landmass onto a hands-on globe.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北ほく米べい

hokubei

North America

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは彼かれを北米ほくべいへ行いかせた。

    They sent him to North America.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 北米ほくべいでいちばん高たかい山やまは何なにですか。

    What is the highest mountain in North America?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 北米ほくべいでは、肩かたをすくめることは「知しりません」を意味いみする。

    In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don’t know".

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 北米

  • 北northOnホクKunきた
  • 米rice; USAOnベイ・マイ・メエトルKunこめ・よね

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