Practice JLPTMeaning
岸 (きし, kishi) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “bank,coast,shore”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
船がやっと 岸に 着いたよ。
The ship finally reached the shore.
山岸さんはとても８０歳には見えない。
Mrs. Yamagishi does not look 80 years old at all.
山岸先生がいらっしゃり次第、会議を始めたいと思います。
As soon as Professor Yamagishi comes here I'd like to begin our meeting.
何でも日本とアメリカの西海岸を五時間ぐらいで飛ぶ飛行機を開発しているという話ですよ。
I don't know for sure, but there's some talk that they are developing an airplane that flies between Japan and the west coast of the States in about five hours.
シアトルなどの都市がある北部太平洋岸は比較的暖かく、緯度が北海道と変わらない割には冬の寒さも厳しくない。
The Pacific Northwest, which is home to cities like Seattle, has a relatively mild climate, and the winter is not as bitterly cold (as one would think,) despite the fact that it is at about the same latitude as Hokkaido.
沿岸を航海する。
Sail along the coast.
海岸に 行ったよ。
They went to the beach.
沿岸を 航海する。
Sail along the coast.
明日はお彼岸です。
Tomorrow is Higan (the equinoctial week in which Buddhist services are performed).
別荘は 海岸にある。
His cottage is on the coast.
船は岸と並行に進んだ。
The ship was abreast of the shore.
暑さ 寒さも 彼岸まで
No heat or cold lasts over the equinox.