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密度

みつど

density

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Examples

  1. 水より密度が小さい物は浮く。

    みずよりみつどがちいさいものはうく。

    Anything less dense than water floats.

  2. 英国の南東部は人口密度が高い。

    えいこくのなんとうぶはじんこうみつどがたかい。

    The south-east of England is densely populated.

  3. 短い時間だったが、密度の濃い話し合いができた。

    みじかいじかんだったが、みつどのこいはなしあいができた。

    It was short, but we had a very substantial discussion.

Common patterns

人口密度
population density
密度が高い
to be dense / high in density
密度の濃い
intensive; packed with content

Memory tip

Besides the physics sense, 密度が濃い is everyday praise for a meeting, a practice session or a book that is packed with content per minute. Note the collocation: 高い/低い for the measured quantity, 濃い/薄い for the figurative one.

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