Illustration: During a hands-on science activity, a child tips a clear container holding a wooden cube above a tray. The cube slides toward the opening but keeps its exact shape. Beside it, another child tips an identical container of water, which pours outward and spreads across a second tray.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

固こ体たい

kotai

solid

Example sentences

  1. 固体こたいの状態じょうたいになった水みずは氷こおりと呼よばれる。

    Water in a solid state is called ice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 水みずは凍こおると固体こたいになる。

    Water becomes solid when it freezes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 物質ぶっしつが直接ちょくせつ固体こたいから気体きたいに変かわる過程かていを昇華しょうかという。

    The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 固体

  • 固harden; setOnコKunかためる・かたまる・かたまり
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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