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上空 (じょうくう): sky, high-altitude sky, upper air — Japanese vocabulary

上空 is read じょうくう and means "sky, high-altitude sky, upper air". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

上空

Reading
じょうくう · joukuu
Translation
sky, high-altitude sky, upper air
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
じょうくうが

Example

町の上空を飛行機が飛んでいる。

まちのじょうくうをひこうきがとんでいる。

A plane is flying above the city.

Kanji in this word

  • 上 — up, above
  • 空 — sky, empty

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