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浬: nautical mile

nautical mile
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Readings

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リ
Kun
かいり・のっと

Nautical mile (かいり, 1,852 m). Read のっと when it means knots, one nautical mile per hour.

Key words

浬かいりnautical mile
浬のっとknot (speed)

Example sentences

Territorial waters are the sea out to twelve nautical miles from the coast.

The ship moved quietly over the sea at twenty knots.

Riko was born and raised in a town near the sea.

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