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食甚 (しょくじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

食しょく甚じん

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ん

Meanings

1

noun

maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration

astronomy

Astronomical term for the moment of greatest coverage during an eclipse, when the eclipsed body is most obscured.

食しょく甚じんの時じ刻こくは午ご後ご3時じ15分ふんと予よ測そくされている。
The time of maximum eclipse is predicted to be 3:15 PM.
皆かい既き日にっ食しょくでは、食しょく甚じんの前ぜん後ごにダイヤモンドリングが見みられる。
During a total solar eclipse, the diamond ring effect can be seen around the time of maximum eclipse.

Written forms

食しょく甚じん
Standard kanji spelling for the astronomical term 'maximum eclipse'.
蝕しょく甚じんUsage100%
Alternate spelling using 蝕 (eclipse) instead of 食; both are used in astronomical contexts.
食しょく尽じん
Rare variant; 尽 (exhaust) is less common than 甚 (extreme) for this term.

Kanji

食eat, food

尽exhaust, use up, run out of

蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

甚tremendously, very, great

Similar words

食しょく
食 (しょく) is the general term for an eclipse, while 食甚 specifically refers to the moment of maximum coverage.
皆かい既き食しょく
皆既食 means 'total eclipse', whereas 食甚 is the point of maximum obscuration within any eclipse, not necessarily total.

Etymology

Compound of 食 (eclipse) and 甚 (extreme, very), literally 'extreme eclipse'. The term is used in astronomy to denote the peak phase of an eclipse.