N2711/1725

赤せき道どう

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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せきどう

Meanings

equator

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Example sentences

赤道せきどうは地球ちきゅうの真まん中なかを通とおる線せんです。

The equator is a line that passes through the middle of the Earth.

赤道せきどう付近ふきんの国々くにぐには一年中いちねんじゅう暑あつい。

Countries near the equator are hot all year round.

赤道せきどうを越こえると南半球みなみはんきゅうに入はいる。

When you cross the equator, you enter the Southern Hemisphere.

この船ふねは赤道せきどう直下ちょっかを航行こうこうしたことがある。

This ship has sailed directly under the equator.

赤道せきどう上じょうでは太陽たいようが真上まうえに来くるため、影かげがほとんどできない時期じきがある。

On the equator, there are times when the sun is directly overhead and almost no shadows are cast.

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.)