大気|たいきtaiki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounatmosphere; air
    大気たいきが汚染おせんされつつある。↗
    The atmosphere is being polluted.
  2. nounmagnanimity; generosity
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym気圏きけんWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: refers to the region the atmosphere occupies. In everyday use, 「大気圏」 is the standard word.
  • Synonym大気圏たいきけんNeutralNeutral term for the layer where the atmosphere exists, stressing the region rather than the gas itself, as in 「大気圏に突入する」; 「大気」 is the gas itself.

Use 「大気」 for the air itself, e.g. in talk of air pollution. For the layer or region the atmosphere occupies — space contexts like 「大気圏に突入する」 — use 「大気圏」. 「気圏」 is a rare written variant; say 「大気圏」 instead.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 天体てんたいの表面ひょうめんを取り巻とりまく気体きたいの層そう。一般いっぱんには地球ちきゅうの表面ひょうめんを取り巻とりまくものをさす。
  2. 心こころが広ひろく、細こまかいことにこだわらない様よう、鷹揚おうような。
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