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太平洋 (たいへいよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

太たい平へい洋よう

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Meanings

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Pacific Ocean

The proper name for the Pacific Ocean. Used in geography, news, and everyday contexts.

日本にほんは太たい平へい洋ように面めんしている。

Japan faces the Pacific Ocean.

太たい平へい洋ようには多おおくの島しまがある。

There are many islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は太たい平へい洋ように面めんしているfor a place to face/border the Pacific Ocean
日本にほんの東ひがし側がわは太たい平へい洋ように面めんしている。
The eastern side of Japan faces the Pacific Ocean.
太たい平へい洋ようを渡わたるto cross the Pacific Ocean
彼かれらは船ふねで太たい平へい洋ようを渡わたった。
They crossed the Pacific Ocean by ship.

Kanji

太plump, thick, big around
平even, flat, peace
洋ocean, sea, foreign
大large, big

Related words

パシフィック
太平洋 is the standard Japanese word for the Pacific Ocean, while パシフィック is a loanword used mainly in brand names, team names, and stylized compounds.

Don't confuse with

大たい西せい洋よう
太平洋 (Pacific Ocean) and 大西洋 (Atlantic Ocean) look alike with their shared 洋 ending and similar first kanji, but they name different oceans.
インド洋よう
太平洋 (Pacific Ocean) and インド洋 (Indian Ocean) are both major oceans ending in 洋, but learners sometimes mix up which ocean borders which region.

Word family· 13

太たい平へい洋よう艦かん隊たい
Pacific fleet
太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そう
Pacific War (1941-1945)
太たい平へい洋よう側がわ
Pacific seaboard; Pacific side

Built from

太たい平へい+洋よう

Written forms

太たい平へい洋よう
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and general-use term.
大たい平へい洋よう
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; not standard. Included for recognition only.

Etymology

From 太平 (peaceful) + 洋 (ocean), a calque of 'Pacific Ocean'. The irregular form 大平洋 uses 大 (big) instead of 太, likely a common misspelling or variant.

太たい平へい洋よう岸がん

Pacific coast

太たい平へい洋よう横おう断だん

trans-Pacific; crossing the Pacific

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太たい平へい洋よう沿えん岸がん
Pacific coast
太たい平へい洋よう諸しょ島とう
Pacific Islands; islands of the Pacific Ocean
太たい平へい洋よう銀ぎん行こう
Pacific Bank
タイヘイヨウオウギハクジラ
Andrews' beaked whale
タイヘイヨウアカボウモドキ
Longman's beaked whale; Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
太たい平へい洋よう高こう気き圧あつ
Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone

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