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Pacific Ocean
The largest and deepest ocean, located between Asia and the Americas.
日本は太平洋に面している。
Japan faces the Pacific Ocean.
太平洋を飛行機で渡った。
I flew across the Pacific Ocean.
太平洋側の天気は晴れだ。
The weather on the Pacific side is clear.
太平洋 literally means "great peaceful ocean." It is the world's largest ocean, bordering Japan to the east.
ETYMOLOGY:
太 (great) + 平 (peaceful) + 洋 (ocean). Named by Magellan for its calm appearance after the rough seas near South America.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 太平洋側: the Pacific side (of Japan — as opposed to 日本海側)
- 太平洋戦争: the Pacific War (WWII in Asia-Pacific)
- 環太平洋: trans-Pacific, Pacific Rim
- 太平洋ベルト: the Pacific Belt (Japan's industrial corridor)
OTHER OCEANS:
- 大西洋: Atlantic Ocean
- インド洋: Indian Ocean
- 北極海: Arctic Ocean
- 南極海: Southern Ocean
Related Words
Related:
大洋