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光線 (こうせん): beam, light ray — Japanese vocabulary

光線 is read こうせん and means "beam, light ray". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

光線

Reading
こうせん · kousen
Translation
beam, light ray
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
こうせんが

Example

白色の光束はプリズムによって様々な色の光線に分離される。

はくしょくのこうそくはプリズムによってさまざまないろのこうせんにぶんりされる。

A beam of white light is split by a prism into rays of various colors.

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