Illustration: Far offshore from Japan, a small research vessel rests amid a vast expanse of rolling water, with no land visible anywhere along the horizon. A researcher at the stern lowers a sampling bottle into the sea while another steadies the rope.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい洋よう

kaiyou

ocean

Example sentences

  1. ロブスターは海洋かいよう動物どうぶつの一種いっしゅに属ぞくします。

    Lobsters belong to a class of marine animals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 海洋かいよう研究けんきゅうの歴史れきしの先駆さきがけとなったのは、探検たんけんのための航海こうかいだった。

    Voyages of exploration were the earliest in the history of studying the ocean.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 最近変さいきんかわった海洋かいよう生物せいぶつが発見はっけんされた。

    A strange marine creature was found recently.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 海洋

  • 海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
  • 洋ocean; seaOnヨウ

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