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干出岩 (かんしゅつがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

干かん出しゅつ岩がん

Meanings

1

noun

rock exposed at low tide

Geological term for a rock or reef that becomes visible when the tide goes out.

干かん出しゅつ岩がんは干かん潮ちょう時じにだけ姿すがたを現あらわす。
The exposed rock appears only at low tide.

Kanji

干dry, parch, ebb
出exit, leave, go out
岩boulder, rock, cliff

Etymology

Compound of 干出 (kanshutsu, 'exposure by drying or ebbing') and 岩 (gan, 'rock'). The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.