局地的

きょくちてき

Meanings

1. な-adjective local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

Kanji

• 局 bureau. Read as キョク.
• 地 land
• 的 -like. Read as テキ.

Example sentences

• 局地的な大雨だったらしいけど、行かなくて正解だったよ。
  I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.
• 先週の雪はほんの局地的なものであった。
  Last week's snow was limited to a very small area.
• 今年の夏は少雨による水不足が懸念される一方で、局地的なゲリラ豪雨は昨年の3.5倍になるとの予想も出ている。
  On one hand, water shortages are expected this summer because of lower rainfall, but on the other hand, large rainstorms are 3.5 times more likely locally than last year.

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