Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 北米(ほくべい) in Japanese

北米
Kana Reading
ほくべい
Romaji
hokubei
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    North America
    Example sentence
    北米では、肩をすくめることは「知りません」を意味する。 In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don't know".

Examples of 北米, ほくべい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

北 JLPT 5

5 strokes

north

On'Yomi: ホク

Kun'Yomi: きた

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米 JLPT 3

6 strokes

rice, USA, metre

On'Yomi: ベイ, マイ, メエトル

Kun'Yomi: こめ, よね

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