日にっ食しょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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solar eclipse

Astronomical term for when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, blocking the sun's light.

次つぎの日にっ食しょくは来らい年ねんの夏なつに見みられます。
The next solar eclipse can be seen next summer.
日にっ食しょくを観かん察さつするときは専せん用ようのメガネが必ひつ要ようです。
You need special glasses when observing a solar eclipse.

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Usage patterns

日にっ食しょくが起おこるfor a solar eclipse to occur
来らい月げつ、日本にほんでも見みえる日にっ食しょくが起おこる。
Next month a solar eclipse visible from Japan will occur.
日にっ食しょくを観かん測そくするto observe a solar eclipse
天てん文もん台だいで日にっ食しょくを観かん測そくした。
We observed the solar eclipse from the observatory.
〈場ば所しょ〉で日にっ食しょくが見みえるfor a solar eclipse to be visible in a place
北ほっ海かい道どうでは皆かい既き日にっ食しょくが見みえる。
A total solar eclipse will be visible in Hokkaido.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
食eat, food
蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

Don't confuse with

月げっ食しょくN1
日食 is a solar eclipse (moon blocks the sun), while 月食 is a lunar eclipse (earth's shadow falls on the moon), and the similar-looking terms are easily mixed up.

Counted with

回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
度どN4
Counts times/occasions like 回, but often for one-off or notable occasions (一度 = once).

Word family

Written forms

日にっ食しょくUsage86%
Standard modern spelling for solar eclipse.
日にっ蝕しょくUsage14%
Traditional kanji form using 蝕; still seen but less common than 日食.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (sun) and 食 (eclipse). The character 食 here carries the meaning 'to eat away', referring to the sun being obscured.