Illustration: On an uninhabited volcanic slope in Japan, thick molten rock pushes out of a fissure and advances in slow folded lobes. Broken crust rides on the softer material underneath, while the older edges have hardened into rough rock.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

溶よう岩がん

yougan

lava

Example sentences

  1. その火山かざんは溶岩ようがんを流ながし出だした。

    The volcano poured molten rock.

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  2. 火山かざんは炎ほのおと溶岩ようがんを吹ふき出だす。

    The volcano shoots out flames and lava.

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  3. 溶岩ようがんを地理学的ちりがくてきに説明せつめいしてくれませんか。

    Could you explain lava from a geographical perspective?

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Kanji in 溶岩

  • 溶melt; dissolveOnヨウKunとける・とかす・とく
  • 岩boulder; rockOnガンKunいわ

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