海

Meaning

海 centers on the vast body of salt water covering most of the earth: the sea or ocean.

• 海外かいがい
  N4

  foreign; abroad; overseas

• 海うみ
  N5

  sea; ocean; waters

• 北海道ほっかいどう
  N5

  Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

• 海賊かいぞく

  pirate

• 海岸かいがん
  N4

  seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach

• 東海とうかい

  Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)

• 海軍かいぐん
  N1

  navy; naval force

• 海老えび
  N1

  prawn; shrimp; lobster

• 上海シャンハイ

  Shanghai (China)

• 航海こうかい
  N1

  (sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

• 海上かいじょう
  N1

  (on the) sea; surface of the sea

• 海洋かいよう
  N2

  ocean; sea

• 海域かいいき

  area of sea; waters

• 海底かいてい
  N1

  bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed

• 日本海にほんかい

  Sea of Japan

• 海水かいすい
  N1

  seawater; saltwater

• 深海しんかい

  deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

• 南海なんかい

  southern sea

• 海苔のり
  N1

  nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

• 海水浴かいすいよく
  N2

  swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

• 地中海ちちゅうかい

  Mediterranean Sea

• 海辺うみべ
  N2

  beach; seashore; seaside; coast

• 海峡かいきょう
  N1

  channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

• 近海きんかい

  coastal waters; adjacent seas

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