Illustration: Beside a rocky Japanese island, a broad stream of seawater curves past a stationary offshore rock. A connected band of foam, loose seaweed, and translucent jellyfish travels together around it, visibly bending with the water's path.

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海かい流りゅう

kairyuu

ocean current

Example sentences

  1. 海流かいりゅうに変化へんかが起おきたのだろうか。

    Has a change in ocean currents occurred?

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  2. 日本近海にっぽんきんかいで対馬つしま海流かいりゅうを横断おうだんして西進せいしんする。

    Ships crossed the Tsushima current in the sea near Japan and went westward.

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

  3. これらは、黒潮くろしおなどの海流かいりゅうや海上交通網かいじょうこうつうもうを通つうじた漁村間ぎょそんかんのネットワークによって食文化しょくぶんかの伝播でんぱ、浸透しんとうが生しょうじたと考かんがえられる。

    Fishing villages were connected by the ocean current, including the black current, and by the shipping traffic, and as a result, the culinary culture spread.

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

Kanji in 海流

  • 海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
  • 流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす

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