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2004.06.02

Today's WordMaster always causes great excitement. The really bright ones are rare and spectacular, and if you're lucky enough to discover one yourself, then your name will be remembered for all time!

Today's Lesson
COMET   彗星

Explanation

  • A comet  is one of the objects that look like fuzzy balls with a tail that sometimes appear in the night sky for several days or weeks.
  • comet  は、ぼやっとした塊のように見える天体で、尾をひいており、夜空に数日間か数週間現れます。つまり、彗星のことです。

examples

  1. Halley's Comet  is the most famous of all comets. It returns every 76 years and is sometimes bright enough to be seen in daylight.
  2. Comets  are usually named for the people who discover them.
  3. Many scientists believe that the dinosaurs became extinct after a comet  hit the earth.

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