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航海 (こうかい): sail, voyage — Japanese vocabulary

航海 is read こうかい and means "sail, voyage". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

航海

Reading
こうかい · koukai
Translation
sail, voyage
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
こうかいが

Example

人生はしばしば航海に例えられる。

じんせいはしばしばこうかいにたとえられる。

Life is often compared to a voyage.

Kanji in this word

  • 航 — navigation
  • 海 — sea, ocean

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