Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほく
Grade: 2
きょく
Grade: 4
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) っきょくせん [hòkkyókúséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟sẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

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北極線(ほっきょくせん) (Hokkyokusenほくきよくせん (Fokukyokusen)?

  1. (geography) Arctic Circle (one of the five major circles of latitude)

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References

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  1. ^ 北極線 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)