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N1 Noun

上空(じょうくう)sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air

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    1. Noun

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      sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air

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    上空 【じょうくう】

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      ヘリコプターが上空(じょうくう)()()がった。

      The helicopter soared into the sky. {sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air}

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      戦時(せんじ)(ちゅう)首都(しゅと)上空(じょうくう)から焼夷弾(しょういだん)()とされた。

      During the war, incendiary bombs were dropped from the sky above the capital. {sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air}

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      広島(ひろしま)長崎(ながさき)上空(じょうくう)から原子(げんし)爆弾(ばくだん)()とされたことは(くら)歴史(れきし)です。

      The dropping of atomic bombs from the sky over Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a dark chapter in history. {sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air}

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      (やま)(ふもと)には(くも)(ひと)つもなかったが、上空(じょうくう)には(くも)(おお)()かんでいます。

      There was not a single cloud at the foot of the mountain, but many clouds are floating in the upper air. {sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air}

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      上空(じょうくう)飛行機雲(ひこうきぐも)()えるが、飛行機(ひこうき)姿(すがた)はもう視界(しかい)のどこにもなかった。

      You can see airplane contrails in the sky, but the airplane itself was nowhere in sight. {sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air}

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