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太陽

たいよう

noun

Meanings

1sun

Example sentence

太陽は地球の約百万倍の大きさがある。

The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

太Plump, Thick, Big Around4 strokes 陽Sunshine, Yang Principle, Positive12 strokes

More words with 太

太いふとい · fatN5 太鼓たいこ · drumN2 伊太利イタリア · Italy 濠太剌利オーストラリア · Australia 猶太ユダヤ · Judea (southern Palestine)丸太

Full entry on Jisho

まるた · log

皇太后こうたいごう · Empress Dowager

太るふとる · to gain weightN4

More words with 陽

陽射ひざし · sunlightN2 陽気ようき · seasonN3 紫陽花あじさい · bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)陽光ようこう · sunshine 陽子ようし · proton 陽性ようせい · positive (result)陽よう · (the) positive 山陽さんよう · south side of a mountain

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