大気圏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 気 圏
たい
Grade: 1		 き
Grade: 1		 けん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大気 (taiki, “the air, the atmosphere”) +‎ 圏 (ken, “sphere, area, realm”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

大気圏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 大氣圈, hiragana たいきけん, rōmaji taikiken)

  1. (meteorology) an atmosphere (gases surrounding an astronomical body)
    • 2001 August 27, Amano, Kozue, “Navigationナビゲーション01　水みずの惑わく星せい [Navigation01 The Water Planet]”, in AQUAアクア [AQUA], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 5:
      本 (ほん)日 (じつ)は太 (たい)陽 (よう)系 (けい)航 (こう)宙 (ちゅう)社 (しゃ)東 (とう)京 (きょう)゠ネオ・ヴェネツィア便 (びん)をご利 (り)用 (よう)いただき　まことにありがとうございます　当 (とう)機 (き)はまもなく　惑 (わく)星 (せい)アクアの大 (たい)気 (き)圏 (けん)に突 (とつ)入 (にゅう)します
      Honjitsu wa Taiyōkei Kōchūsha Tōkyō-Neo Venetsia bin o goriyō itadaki Makoto ni arigatō gozaimasu Tōki wa mamonaku wakusei Akua no taikiken ni totsunyū shimasu
      You have been on Solar System Spaceline’s Tōkyō—New Venice flight. Thank you for using our services. We are about to enter planet Aqua’s atmosphere.
    • 2011 April 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百三十六訓くん　忘ぼう年ねん会かいでも忘わすれちゃいけないものがある [Lesson 336: There Are Things You Can’t Forget Even at a Forgetting-Last-Year Party]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      けっ…Ｋ (ケー)点 (てん)どころか　大 (たい)気 (き)圏 (けん)ブチ抜 (ぬ)いたァァァァァァ‼
      Ke'…Kē-tendokoroka taikiken buchinuitāāāa‼
      F…Forget the K-point, I just ejected right through the freaking atmosphere‼

Usage notes

The distinction between 大気圏 (taikiken) and 大気 (taiki) is that taikiken refers more specifically to the atmospheric area around a planet (the area between a solid or liquid surface and the outermost extent of the gaseous envelope), whereas taiki refers more to the gas or air itself.

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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