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砂漠化

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 砂漠化.

Dictionary

Entry

砂漠化ばくかNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #71407
1

desertification

Examples
非常に残念なことに地球は一秒で1900平方メートルが砂漠化している。
Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sand

9 strokesFrequency 1,146JLPT N2Grade 6

On

シャ

Kun

すな

Nanori

いさ

vague, obscure, desert, wide

13 strokesFrequency 1,611JLPT N1Grade 8

On

バク

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

4 strokesFrequency 89JLPT N2Grade 3

On

Kun

ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する

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