Meaning

Primary

Binoculars

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A pair of eyeball mirrors - that's binoculars. Binoculars have mirrors in them to allow you to see through the pair of eye holes, which is how this word makes sense.

Reading

そうがんきょう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The part uses the on'yomi reading, which you didn't learn. To remember this, just think about how when you look down binoculars, you see something strange (like a strange reading for ). That strange thing you see through these fantastic binoculars is... tomorrow. Your binoculars are so strong that you can already see tomorrow, today (きょう)!

Context

Context Sentences

この双眼鏡の黒はありますか?

Do you have these binoculars in black?

Kanji Composition