なんきょく
Meanings
Noun
1. 惑星・天体の地軸と地表が交わる点(極点)のうち、南側のもの。南極点。
地理学
2. 南極点を擁する南極大陸や南極海、或は南極圏を含む地方。
3. 天の南極。
Kanji used
south
extreme
Pitch accent
んきょく
Top 30200
Composed of
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
① 2端のうちの一方。
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
① 天体の自転軸と地表が南方で交差する、南緯90度の地点。
Examples (7 in total)
They explored the Antarctic.
The expedition has postponed its departure to the Antarctic.
I saw in the paper that he had returned from the South Pole.