The Japanese word for ocean is
大洋
たいよう - taiyou大-big, large (dai), 洋-open sea (you)
Japanese Definition
| ocean | |
| 1. 名詞. 大きい海。大洋。 | |
| 2. 名詞. ひろい領域。 | |
| 3. 名詞. 多量、大量。 |
Translations for ocean and their definitions
| 大洋 | |
| 1. n. ocean |
| 海洋 | |
| 1. n. main sea, ocean |
| 海 | |
| 1. n. a sea, an ocean | |
| (antonyms, ja, 陸, tr=oka, riku) | |
| 海の中にはいろんな生き物が暮らしています。 - There are all sorts of creatures living in the sea. | |
| 海に行こうよ！ - Let's go to the beach! | |
| 2. n. a lake | |
| (synonyms, ja, 湖, tr=mizuumi) | |
| 3. n. (figurative) an object covering over a large area, as in 血の海 or 火の海 | |
| 4. n. (planetology) a mare (dark surface of a celestial body, thought to appear like a sea) | |
| 5. n. (calligraphy) in a 硯, a reservoir where water is stored | |
| (synonyms, ja, 池, tr=ike) | |
| 6. n. Usage: This is the most common general term in modern Japanese for sea or ocean. | |
| 7. prefix. of the sea, of the ocean | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) sea, ocean | |
| 9. affix. sea; ocean | |
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