Take off in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf an aircraft, or of the people on it: to leave the ground and rise into the air at the start of a flight.

Definition in Japanese飛行機などが飛び始めるときに地面を離れて空へ上がること。

Example sentences

• 飛行機(ひこうき)が離陸(りりく)するときにガムをかむといいって、本当(ほんとう)？耳(みみ)がすごく痛(いた)いんだけど。🔊

  Does chewing gum actually help when the plane takes off, or is that a myth? My ears are killing me.

• 五時起(ごじお)きはきつかったけど、佐賀(さが)のバルーンフェスタだと熱気球(ねつききゅう)は風(かぜ)の弱(よわ)い朝(あさ)のうちに離陸(りりく)するから仕方(しかた)ない。🔊

  Getting up at five was brutal, but the balloons take off at sunrise, while the air's still calm.

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