N263/1725

南なん北ぼく

nounnoun (generic)abbreviation

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なんぼく

Meanings

north and south, north to south
South Korea and North Korea

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Example sentences

この道路どうろは南北なんぼくに伸のびている。

This road stretches from north to south.

南北なんぼくの気温差きおんさが激はげしい季節きせつになった。

It has become a season with a severe temperature difference between north and south.

その国くには南北なんぼくに細長ほそながい地形ちけいをしている。

That country has a long, narrow terrain stretching from north to south.

南北なんぼく問題もんだいとは先進国せんしんこくと発展途上国はってんとじょうこくの経済格差けいざいかくさを指さす言葉ことばだ。

The North-South problem is a term referring to the economic disparity between developed and developing countries.

南北なんぼくに走はしる幹線道路かんせんどうろの建設計画けんせつけいかくが地域住民ちいきじゅうみんの間あいだで議論ぎろんされている。

A construction plan for a main road running north to south is being debated among local residents.

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.)