Illustration: At a Japanese science museum, a child crouches beneath a large tilted globe to examine the continent surrounding its southern pole. An educator beside them points directly to Antarctica’s recognizable outline on the globe’s underside.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

南なん極きょく

nankyoku

Antarctica, the Antarctic

Example sentences

探検隊たんけんたいは南極なんきょくへの出発しゅっぱつを延期えんきした。
The expedition has postponed its departure to the Antarctic.
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彼かれらは南極なんきょくを探索たんさくした。
They explored the Antarctic.
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彼かれらは南極なんきょく探検たんけんに行いった。
They went on an expedition to the Antarctic.
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Kanji in 南極

南southOnナン・ナKunみなみ
極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり

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