N2750/1725

北ほっ極きょく

nounnoun (generic)abbreviation

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ほっきょく

Meanings

North Pole
the Arctic

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Example sentences

北極ほっきょくには白しろクマが生息せいそくしている。

Polar bears inhabit the Arctic.

北極ほっきょくの氷こおりが温暖化おんだんかによって急速きゅうそくに溶とけている。

The Arctic ice is melting rapidly due to global warming.

彼かれは北極ほっきょく点てんに到達とうたつした最初さいしょの探検家たんけんかの一人ひとりだ。

He is one of the first explorers to reach the North Pole.

北極ほっきょくと南極なんきょくでは、どちらの方ほうが寒さむいと思おもいますか。

Which do you think is colder, the Arctic or the Antarctic?

北極ほっきょく圏けんにおける生態系せいたいけいの変化へんかは、地球ちきゅう全体ぜんたいの気候きこうに深刻しんこくな影響えいきょうを及およぼすと科学者かがくしゃたちは警告けいこくしている。

Scientists are warning that changes in the Arctic ecosystem will have serious effects on the climate of the entire planet.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)