Illustration: From a hillside above a Japanese coastal settlement, a broad crescent of sheltered seawater curves between two wooded headlands. The coastline wraps around most of the water but leaves a clear opening to the expansive sea beyond.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

湾わん

wan

bay, gulf

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちの家いえからは下したに湾わんが見みえる。

    We overlook the bay from our house.

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  2. その空港くうこうは大阪おおさか湾わんにあります。

    The airport is in Osaka Bay.

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  3. ミシシッピ川がわはメキシコ湾わんに注そそいでいる。

    The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Kanji in 湾

  • 湾gulf; bayOnワンKunいりえ

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