上空 (じょうくう, joukuu) Japanese meaning: sky | Kotomoraで
いる
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The airplane is flying above the clouds.
The temperature in the upper air is below freezing.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉の上空を飛ぶto fly over the skies above a place
The airplane was flying over the skies above Tokyo.
上空に〈物〉が広がるsomething spreads across the sky above
Thick clouds are spreading across the sky above.
〈物〉が上空を通過するsomething passes through/over the skies
The typhoon passed over the skies above Kyushu.
上空〈数〉メートルを飛行するto fly at a given altitude above
This plane flies at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
