Practice JLPTMeaning
火口 (かこう, kakou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “a burner,origin of a fire”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 3
"熊本県の阿蘇山の中岳第一火口で８日の午前１時４６分ごろ、噴火がありました。"
An eruption of Mt. Asobe’s first Nakadake crater occurred on the 8th at 1:46 in the morning in Kumamoto Prefecture.
"大きな石が火口から１.２ｋmぐらいの所まで飛んで、煙は高さ１万１０００mまで上がりました。"
Giant rocks flew from the crater about 1.2 kilometers away, and smoke rose 11,000 meters into the air.
"そして、とても熱い灰や大きな石が飛んでくる可能性があるため、火口から２ｋmぐらいの所には行かないように言っています。"
They said that because of the possibility of very hot ash and big flying rocks, you should not go within 2 kilometers from the crater.