JLPT N2 · Noun

南極 (nankyoku)

南極 (なんきょく, nankyoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “South Pole”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なんきょく
Romaji: nankyoku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

South Pole · noun
the Antarctic; Antarctica · noun

Example sentences

たとえ私たちが即座に使用をやめても、南極のオゾンホールが元に戻るのにはさらに後６０年かかります。

Even if we do this, it will be another sixty years before the Antarctic ozone hole is repaired.

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

Kanji in 南極

southナン・ナ・みなみ · 9 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 南極.

南みなみsouth南米なんべいSouth America南北なんぼくnorth and south極ごくquite積極的せっきょくてきpositive北極ほっきょくNorth 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 1460180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.