飛行場|ひこうじょうhikoujou[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounairfield; airport; aerodromeその島の飛行場は、今では草がぼうぼうだ。↗The airfield on the island is now covered with weeds.
- Synonym空港くうこうNeutralRefers to civil aviation airports, as in 「成田空港」, and is the common official term today; 「飛行場」 is the broader word for any place aircraft take off and land.
- SynonymエアポートNeutralA loanword for airport, mostly seen in the names of hotels, shops and the like; in everyday speech people usually say 「空港」.
For an airport, 「空港」 is the usual choice. 「飛行場」 covers places where all kinds of aircraft take off and land and is fine in speech too. 「エアポート」 turns up mostly in shop and hotel names.
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