Illustration: A family stands at the foot of a steel observation tower in a Japanese waterfront park. Four tapered legs converge far above them beneath a circular observation deck, with a slender mast continuing upward. Low buildings and mature trees around its base make the tower's height immediately apparent.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

塔とう

tou

tower

Example sentences

  1. 家いえからその塔とうが見みえる。

    I see the tower from my house.

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  2. 宮殿きゅうでんには高たかい塔とうがある。

    The palace has a tall tower.

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  3. 遠とおくに塔とうが見みえた。

    We saw the tower in the distance.

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Kanji in 塔

  • 塔pagoda; towerOnトウ

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