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tephra

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Source Word

tephra

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

(geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.

Japanese Meaning

火山噴出物：火山の噴火により空中に放出され、周囲に堆積する固体の物質（火山灰などを含む）

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After the eruption, a thick layer of tephra covered the valley, damaging crops and clogging rivers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

噴火の後、厚い火山灰や岩片の層が谷を覆い、作物に被害を与え、河川を詰まらせた。

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(geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.

The sky would have darkened with sheer volume of ash, the grapes would have withered upon the vine; misfortune would have fallen with the inexorability of volcanic tephra upon rich and poor alike.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

tephras

（ plural ）

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