Illustration: In a sheltered Japanese coastal inlet, a snorkeler floats beside a moored buoy on almost calm seawater. The view catches the water boundary directly: the buoy's upper half and the snorkeler's mask rise above it, while the buoy's tether and the swimmer's fins extend beneath it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい面めん

kaimen

sea level, sea surface

Example sentences

海面かいめんは上昇じょうしょうしています。
The sea level is rising.
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彼かれの頭あたまが海面かいめんに浮うかび上あがった。
His head broke the surface.
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大おおきな岩いわが一ひとつ海面かいめんから突つき出でていた。
A big rock rose out of the sea.
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Kanji in 海面

海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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