Illustration: From a high coastal lookout, two substantial Japanese headlands face one another across a narrow passage of seawater. The passage opens into broad stretches of sea both beyond and below the lookout, with strong tidal swirls around its rocky edges.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい峡きょう

kaikyou

strait

Example sentences

この地点ちてんでは海うみは狭せまくなって海峡かいきょうとなっている。
At this point the sea narrows into a strait.
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その海峡かいきょうに長ながい橋はしを建設中けんせつちゅうです。
They are building a long bridge across the channel.
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この船ふねはジブラルタル海峡かいきょうを通過つうかします。
This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Kanji in 海峡

海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
峡gorge; ravineOnキョウ・コウKunはざま

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