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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

経けい度ど

keido

longitude

Example sentences

  1. この線せんは経度けいどを表あらわしている。

    This line represents the longitude.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. なお、大図おおずには緯度線いどせん・経度けいど線せんは記入きにゅうされていない。

    However, no lines of latitude and longitude are shown on the large maps.

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

  3. 経度けいど緯度いどはおよそ北緯ほくい35度ど15分ふん，東経とうけい135度ど49分ふん。

    It is located approximately at lat. 35ﾟ15' and at long. 135ﾟ49'.

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

Kanji in 経度

  • 経sutra; longitudeOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunへる・たつ・たていと
  • 度degrees; occurrenceOnド・ト・タクKunたび

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