日食

にっしょく

Also written 日蝕

Meanings

1. Noun solar eclipse

Kanji

• 日 day. Read as ニチ.
• 食 eat. Read as ショク.

Example sentences

• 昨日の日食見た？
  Did you see the eclipse yesterday?

Words containing 日食

• 皆既日食 (かいきにっしょく) total solar eclipse
• 金環日食 (きんかんにっしょく) annular solar eclipse
• 部分日食 (ぶぶんにっしょく) partial solar eclipse

Word lists

• Astronomy

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