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たいりくひょうい【大陸漂移】

tairiku hyoui

Definition

Noun

  1. Continental drift

Etymology

Derived from たいりく【大陸】 tairiku "continent" and the pseudo-word ひょうい【漂移】 hyoui "drift (movement)". Ultimately from Chinese 【大陸漂移・大陆漂移】 "continental drift" (cf. Mandarin dàlù piāoyí).

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Kanji大陸漂移
Kanaたいりくひょうい
Romanizationtairiku hyoui

意味:たいりくいどう【大陸移動】、たいりくひょうい【大陸漂移】

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大陸漂移
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, October 2). たいりくひょうい【大陸漂移】 : tairiku hyoui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3466/tairikuhyoui/.