Word Meaning 観測

かんそく kansoku

観測 is read as かんそく (kansoku) and means observation.

Meaning

English

  1. observation
  2. survey
  3. measurement
  4. opinion
  5. prediction
  6. thinking

Reading

Kana

かんそく

Romaji

kansoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 3361 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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観測地点

かんそくちてん

observation point (site)

観測気球

かんそくききゅう

trial balloon

観測可能量

かんそくかのうりょう

observable (quantity)

観測所

かんそくじょ

observatory

観測装置

かんそくそうち

monitoring equipment

観測値

かんそくち

observed value

観測データ

かんそくでーた

observed data

観測船

かんそくせん

observation ship

観測者

かんそくしゃ

observer

定点観測

ていてんかんそく

fixed point observation

地球観測

ちきゅうかんそく

earth observation (satellite, platform, etc.)

Example Sentences

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We're seeing record amounts of snow.

I bought a telescope in order to observe the night sky.

Images taken by the JAXA Earth observation satellite, 'Daichi'.

On September 26, 1959, the strongest typhoon in Japan's recorded history hit Nagoya.

What Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.

It is said that several victims of the tsunami think that the devastation they saw was the kind that made you cover your eyes.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.

By looking at an object's electromagnetic spectrum, scientists can determine if an object is moving away from Earth or towards Earth.

History is like quantum physics: the observer affects the event observed. Is the Kennedy assassination a particle or a wave?