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航空 (こうくう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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えい
響きょう
を
大おお
きく
受う
け
た
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The aviation industry was greatly affected by the pandemic.
He is majoring in aeronautical engineering.
Don't confuse with 航空 (aviation, the industry) and 空港 (airport, the facility) have reversed kanji and similar sound but refer to completely different things.
航空 (こうくう) refers to aviation or air transport in general, while 航行 (こうこう) means the act of sailing or navigating, and the two are easily confused because they share the kanji 航 and a similar sound.
Etymology Compound of 航 (こう, 'navigation, sailing') and 空 (くう, 'sky'). The combination originally referred to navigating the skies, paralleling 航海 (こうかい, 'sea navigation').
airman; airwoman; aviator
Show 6 more aeronautics; aviation science
aerial warfare; air war
airsickness
air route; airway; air corridor
flying corps; aviation unit
aviation business; air transport service
