SOS
also: エスオーエス
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Meanings
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SOS; distress signal
The international Morse code distress signal; used as a noun in Japanese to refer to a call for help.
The ship in distress sent out an SOS.
Usage patterns
- SOSを発信するto send out an SOS signal
The ship in distress sent out an SOS.
- SOSを出すto give/issue an SOS (call for help)
She was in trouble and put out an SOS to her friends.
- 〈場所〉からSOSが届くan SOS reaches from a place
An SOS came in from deep in the mountains.