This week’s Fun Japan Word is something that you can see when you look up:
Sora 空 or “Sky” in Japanese!
You can write it in hiragana like this :そら
Since it’s a very basic word, Japanese children learn to write its Chinese character 空 quite early at school.
There are also many expressions using this word Sora 空 like:
Ao-zora 青空: Blue sky
Hoshi-zora 星空: Starry sky
Kumori-zora曇り空: Cloudy sky
Another way to read the Chinese character of Sora 空 is “kû”.
Kûkô 空港 : Airport
Sora 空 can also be used as a Name for girls or boys.
I’m sure that some of your favourite anime, manga or game characters are called Sora.
Does it sounds like “Sky” in your language?
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