地球|ちきゅうchikyuu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounEarth; the globe
    汚染おせんが地球ちきゅうを傷きずつけている。↗
    Pollution is damaging our earth.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym世界せかいNeutralRefers to the world as the realm of countries, society, and human affairs rather than the planet as a physical body; register is neutral, and it is the usual equivalent of English 'world'.

Choose 地球 for the Earth as a physical body — the planet itself, as in science or environmental topics — and 世界 for the world of countries, society, and human affairs.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 太陽系たいようけいで太陽たいように三さん番目ばんめに近ちかい、46億よんろくおく年ねん前まえにできたと推定すいていされる惑星わくせい。窒素ちっそや酸素さんそが主成分しゅせいぶんの大気たいきと、液体えきたいの水みずがある惑星わくせい。太陽系たいようけいで唯一ゆいいつ生命せいめいが存在そんざいする。
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