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JLPT N3 · Noun

湾 (wan)

湾 (わん, wan) is a Japanese noun meaning “bay; gulf”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
わん
Romaji
wan
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. bay; gulf; inlet · noun, suffix noun

Example sentences

川は山から下って湾に注いでいる。
The river descends from the mountains to the bay below.
Tatoeba #141363

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

Kanji in 湾

湾
gulf, bay, inletワン・いりえ · 12 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1562800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.