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北極, ほっきょく

  • hokkyoku
JLPT LEVEL 2

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

  • North Pole

Definition

  • the Arctic

Examples of 北極,ほっきょく in a Sentence

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.
彼らは北極探検に出た。
They went on an expedition to the North Pole.
彼らは北極探検に出かけた。
They set out on an arctic expedition.
２、３ヶ月後、彼らは北極にある繁殖地へと戻っていきます。
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
北極点に到達することはやさしいことではない。
To reach the North Pole is not easy.
美智子はまるで北極に行って来たような口ぶりだ。
Michiko talks as if she had been to the Arctic herself.
彼は北極探検に出かけた。
He left on an expedition to the North Pole.
美智子はまるで自分自身が北極へ行って来たかのような口ぶりだ。
Michiko talks as if she had been to the Arctic herself.
われわれは、ペアリーが北極を発見したと信じている。
We credit Peary with having discovered the North Pole.

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