Illustration: Outside the Japanese section of an orbiting space station, an astronaut in a bulky pressure suit braces one boot against a handrail while securing a small equipment panel. Earth curves below, and the astronaut's safety tether remains visibly attached to the station.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士し

uchuuhikoushi

astronaut

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくは宇宙飛行士うちゅうひこうしになりたい。

    I want to be an astronaut.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 宇宙飛行士うちゅうひこうしは宇宙服うちゅうふくを着きています。

    Astronauts wear spacesuits.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 宇宙飛行士うちゅうひこうしたちが無事ぶじに戻もどってきたので人々ひとびとは喜よろこんだ。

    People were delighted at the safe return of the astronauts.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 宇宙飛行士

  • 宇eaves; roofOnウ
  • 宙mid-air; airOnチュウ
  • 飛fly; skip (pages)OnヒKunとぶ・とばす
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう
  • 士gentleman; scholarOnシKunさむらい

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