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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き流りゅう

kiryuu

air current, airflow

Example sentences

  1. ただ今いま気流きりゅうの関係かんけいで揺ゆれております。

    We are currently experiencing some turbulence.

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  2. 一方いっぽう、初夏しょかに入はいった5月がつごろ、亜熱帯あねったいジェット気流きりゅうも北上ほくじょうし、チベット高原こうげんに差さし掛かかる。

    On the other hand, around May in which the early summer begins, the subtropical jet stream moves also to the north and reaches Tibetan Plateau.

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  3. この合流ごうりゅうの影響えいきょうで上空じょうくうの大気たいきが滞とどこおると、下降かこう気流きりゅうが発生はっせいして、その下層かそうのオホーツク海上かいじょうに高気圧こうきあつができる。

    If the air in the sky becomes stationary because of the impact of this joining of streams, a descending air current is spawned and high-pressure system is created on the Okhotsk Sea below it.

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

Kanji in 気流

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす

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