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北極 (ほっきょく): North Pole — Japanese vocabulary

北極 is read ほっきょく and means "North Pole". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

北極

Reading
ほっきょく · hokkyoku
Translation
North Pole
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ほっきょくが

Example

美智子はまるで北極に行って来たような口ぶりだ。

みちこはまるでほっきょくにいってきたようなくちぶりだ。

Michiko talks as if she had been to the Arctic herself.

Kanji in this word

  • 北 — north
  • 極 — pole, extreme

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