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運河 (うんが): canal, waterway — Japanese vocabulary

運河 is read うんが and means "canal, waterway". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

運河

Reading
うんが · unga
Translation
canal, waterway
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
うんがが

Example

船はパナマ運河を通り抜けた。

ふねはパナマうんがをとおりぬけた。

The ship went through the Panama Canal.

Kanji in this word

  • 運 — carry, luck
  • 河 — River

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