Surface in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf a submarine or a diver: to come up to the surface of the water.

Definition in Japanese潜水艦やダイバーが水面まで上がってくること。

Example sentences

• 去年(きょねん)の夏(なつ)、湾(わん)のど真(ま)ん中(なか)に潜水艦(せんすいかん)が浮上(ふじょう)して、ビーチの半分(はんぶん)がクジラだと思(おも)ったんだよ。🔊

  A sub surfaced right in the middle of the bay last summer, and half the beach thought it was a whale.

• 父(ちち)が乗(の)ってた古(ふる)いディーゼル潜水艦(せんすいかん)は毎晩(まいばん)浮上(ふじょう)して充電(じゅうでん)しなきゃいけなかったから、今(いま)でも原子力(げんしりょく)潜水艦(せんすいかん)がうらやましいらしい。🔊

  Dad served on an old diesel sub that had to surface every night to charge its batteries — he still envies the nuclear-powered ones.

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