N2383/1725

南なん極きょく

nounnoun (generic)

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なんきょく

Meanings

South Pole
the Antarctic, Antarctica

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Example sentences

南極なんきょくは地球ちきゅうで最もっとも寒さむい場所ばしょの一ひとつです。

Antarctica is one of the coldest places on Earth.

南極なんきょくの氷こおりが溶とけると、海面かいめんが上昇じょうしょうするおそれがある。

If the ice in Antarctica melts, there is a risk that sea levels will rise.

彼かれは南極なんきょく探検隊たんけんたいの一員いちいんとして、過酷かこくな環境かんきょうを乗のり越こえた。

He overcame a harsh environment as a member of an Antarctic expedition team.

南極なんきょく条約じょうやくによって、この地域ちいきの軍事ぐんじ利用りようは禁止きんしされている。

By the Antarctic Treaty, military use of this region is prohibited.

南極なんきょくに生息せいそくするペンギンは、極寒ごっかんの気候きこうに適応てきおうした独特どくとくの生態せいたいを持もつ。

Penguins that inhabit Antarctica have a unique ecology adapted to the extreme cold climate.

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.)