What does 海洋 (kaiyou | かいよう) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	海洋
	is pronounced
	kaiyou \| かいよう
	means
	ocean

	Examples:
	海洋研究の歴史の先駆けとなったのは、探検のための航海だった。 kaiyō kenkyū no rekishi no sakigake to natta no wa, tanken no tame no kōkai datta. Voyages of exploration were the earliest in the history of studying the ocean.
	今後の研究は、海洋に関する一層価値のある知識が得られる可能性を高めてくれるだろう。 kongo no kenkyū wa, kaiyō nikansuru issō kachi no aru chishiki ga e rareru kanō sei o takame te kureru daro u. Further investigation will offer many opportunities to obtain more valuable knowledge of the ocean.
	海洋研究の未来を過去の研究から判断するに、多くのすばらしい発見がこれからも期待できる。 kaiyō kenkyū no mirai o kako no kenkyū kara handan suru ni, ōku no subarashī hakken ga korekara mo kitai dekiru. If we are to judge the future of ocean study by its past, we can surely look forward to many exciting discoveries.
	海洋中の山、それに山脈までが現在も発見され続けており、そのほとんどはまだ詳しく調べられてはいない。 kaiyō chū no yama, sore ni sanmyaku made ga genzai mo hakken sa re tsuzuke te ori, sono hotondo wa mada kuwashiku shirabe rare te wa i nai. Mountains in the ocean and even whole ranges are still being discovered, and most of them have not yet been explored in detail.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org