地球温暖化

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	球	温	暖	化
ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3	おん Grade: 3	だん Grade: 6	か Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
地球溫暖化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 地球(ちきゅう) (chikyū, “Earth”) + 温暖(おんだん) (ondan, “warmth”) + 化(か) (-ka, “-ization, -isation”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちきゅうおんだんか [chìkyúúóńdáńká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikʲɨᵝːõ̞ndã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

地(ち)球(きゅう)温(おん)暖(だん)化(か) • (chikyū ondanka) 

1. global warming

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.