First opened Monday, February 4, 2019
気圧
きあつ
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
atmospheric pressure
Taken apart
We don't have the data for this section. Wiktionary has no Etymology section for this reading, and a split made without one would be a guess.
In a sentence
飛行機でお酒飲むと、気圧のせいか酔いやすい。
Maybe it's the low air pressure that means you get drunk more easily on planes.
ただし押し込む瞬間気圧の変化のせいでしょうか、耳がツンとするのが難点です。
However, maybe from the sudden change in pressure when you push them in, having your ears pop is a problem.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.