なんきょく
Meanings
Noun
1. South Pole
2. the Antarctic; Antarctica
Kanji used
south
extreme
Pitch accent
んきょく
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Composed of
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
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.
I experienced intense cold at the South Pole last year.
He explored the region around the South Pole.
The South Pole is a lot colder than the North Pole.
Then they fly round to the Indian Ocean and down to Antarctica.