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The Japanese word for desert is
砂漠

さばく - sabaku
砂-sand (sa), 漠-desert (baku)

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Example Sentences

いつの日か人間は砂漠を開拓して農業に利用するだろう。Someday man will reclaim the desert for agriculture.
かれらは埋蔵された宝物を求めたて砂漠を探検した。They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.
その砂漠で私たちはラクダを使わなかった。In the desert we were independent of camels.
その砂漠は月の表面のように見える。That desert looks like the surface of the moon.
その部族は年中砂漠に住んでいる。The tribes inhabit the desert all year round.




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