Illustration: Below the surface of a sheltered Japanese coastal bay, a snorkeler floats above a rocky seabed covered in swaying seaweed. The rippling surface is clearly visible overhead, with a small moored boat beyond it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい中ちゅう

kaichuu

under the sea

Example sentences

  1. 船ふねは全乗組員ぜんのりくみいんを乗のせたまま海中かいちゅうへと沈しずんでいった。

    Down under the sea went the ship with all her crew.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 艦船かんせんの砲弾ほうだんは陣地じんちの手前てまえ10メートルほどの海中かいちゅうに落下らっかした。

    Cannon fire from the ships fell into the sea, about 10 meters short of the encampment.

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

  3. 『御伽草子おとぎぞうし』では龍宮りゅうみやは海中かいちゅうではなく、島しまか大陸たいりくにあるように書かかれている。

    In "Otogi zoshi" Ryugu was described not as somewhere in the sea but on an island or continent.

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

Kanji in 海中

  • 海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる

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