Word details

大陸

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 大陸.

Dictionary

Entry

大陸いりくNounFreq #4138
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

continent

Examples
アフリカは大陸であるが、グリーンランドはそうではない。
Africa is a continent; Greenland is not.
2

continental Asia (esp. mainland China)

3

continental Europe

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

large, big

3 strokesFrequency 7JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ダイタイ

Kun

おお-おお.きい-おお.いに

Nanori

うふおうたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもと

land, six

11 strokesFrequency 736JLPT N2Grade 4

On

リクロク

Kun

おか

Nanori

くがたちみちむつ

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