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北極 (ほっきょく, hokkyoku) Japanese meaning: North Pole | Kotomora

北ほっ極きょく

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers specifically to the geographic North Pole.

北ほっ極きょくは地ち球きゅうの最さい北ほく端たんにある。

The North Pole is at the northernmost point of the Earth.

2

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 北極圏; refers to the Arctic region as a whole.

See also: 北極圏

北ほっ極きょくの氷こおりが年ねん々ねん減へっている。
The Arctic ice is decreasing year by year.

Kanji

北north
極extreme, pole, extremely

Related words

北ほっ極きょく圏けん sense 2
北極 can be used as a casual abbreviation for the Arctic region, while 北極圏 is the fuller, more precise term for the Arctic Circle/region.

Opposites

南なん極きょくN3sense 1
北極 refers to the North Pole/Arctic, while 南極 refers to the South Pole/Antarctica, its geographic opposite.

Don't confuse with

両りょう極きょくN1
北極 names only the North Pole, whereas 両極 refers to both the North and South Poles together.

Word family· 12

ホッキョクグマ
polar bear
北ほっ極きょく光こう
northern lights; aurora borealis
北ほっ極きょく点てん
North Pole
ホッキョクギツネ
Arctic fox

Written forms

北ほっ極きょくUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
ホッキョクUsage3%

Etymology

Compound of 北 (north) and 極 (pole, extremity).

ほっきょくおおかみ

Arctic wolf

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ホッキョククジラ
bowhead whale; Greenland right whale
ホッキョクダラ
Arctic cod; polar cod
ホッキョクイワナ
arctic char
北ほっ極きょく振しん動どう
Arctic oscillation
北ほっ極きょく探たん検けん
Arctic expedition
北ほっ極きょく気き団だん
Arctic air mass

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