コンパス

コンパス · konpasu · JLPT N1 · noun

compass

コンパス — compass

🧭 コン (kon) sounds like 'compass' in its first syllable; パス (pasu) is 'pass', as in a pass through a route

コンパス is a loanword from Portuguese 'compasso', meaning a pair of measuring legs. The word is written with katakana, and 🧭 matches the meaning directly.

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