JLPT N2 · Noun

北極 (hokkyoku)

北極 (ほっきょく, hokkyoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “North Pole”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほっきょく
Romaji: hokkyoku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

North Pole · noun
the Arctic · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

北極圏とは北極周辺の地域の事である。

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

シロクマは北極地方に住んでいる。

Polar bears live in the Arctic.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 北極

northホク・きた · 5 strokes

extreme, pole, extremelyキョク・ゴク・きわ.める・きわ.まる · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 北極.

北きたnorth南北なんぼくnorth and south敗北はいぼくdefeat極ごくquite積極的せっきょくてきpositive南極なんきょくSouth Pole消極的しょうきょくてきnegative極楽ごくらくSukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)究極きゅうきょくultimate極端きょくたんextreme極めてきわめてexceedingly両極りょうきょくboth extremities

Source: JMdict entry 1520890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.