海峡(かいきょう)

かいきょう
noun
strait; channel
geography
1. strait; channel
A narrow stretch of sea between two areas of land, connecting two larger bodies of water.
海峡(かいきょう)を船(ふね)で渡(わた)る。
We cross the strait by boat.
津軽(つがる)海峡(かいきょう)の下(した)をトンネルが通(とお)っている。
A tunnel runs under the Tsugaru Strait.
冬(ふゆ)の海峡(かいきょう)は風(かぜ)が強(つよ)く、連絡船(れんらくせん)がよく欠航(けっこう)した。
In winter the strait was very windy, and the ferries were often cancelled.

Used as a suffix in place names: 津軽(つがる)海峡(かいきょう) (between Honshu and Hokkaido), 関門(かんもん)海峡(かいきょう) (between Honshu and Kyushu), ドーバー海峡(かいきょう) (the Strait of Dover). It is also a stock image in 演歌(えんか) songs about parting.

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Similar words

  • 湾(わん): bay, gulf — water partly enclosed by land, not a passage between two seas

Related Words

Compare: 湾(わん) (bay, gulf)
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