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噴気孔 (ふんきこう, funkikou) Japanese meaning: fumarole | Kotomora

噴ふん気き孔こう

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Meanings

1

fumarole

A vent in a volcanic area from which steam and gases escape.

火か山ざんの噴ふん気き孔こうから白しろい蒸じょう気きが立たち上のぼっていた。

Kanji

噴erupt, spout, emit
気spirit, mind, air
孔cavity, hole, slit

Etymology

Formed from 噴気 “an emission of gas or steam” and 孔 “opening; vent.”

White steam was rising from the volcano's fumarole.

2

blowhole (of a whale, etc.)

The nostril opening on the top of a whale or dolphin's head through which it breathes.

クジラが噴ふん気き孔こうから潮しおを吹ふいた。
The whale spouted water from its blowhole.