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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き圧あつ

kiatsu

atmospheric pressure

Example sentences

  1. 気圧きあつが高たかい。

    The atmospheric pressure is high.

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  2. 飛行機ひこうきでお酒飲さけのむと、気圧きあつのせいか酔よいやすい。

    Maybe it’s the low air pressure that means you get drunk more easily on planes.

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  3. 強つよい冬型ふゆがたの気圧きあつ配置はいちとなり、雪ゆきが強つよまるおそれがある。

    There’s a fear that the snow will strengthen amid the strong winter pressure pattern.

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Kanji in 気圧

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 圧pressure; pushOnアツ・エン・オウKunおす・へす・おさえる

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