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🔊 SCIENCE · 2026-07-17

音 が 進む 速さ

Same news, rewritten for 6 Japanese school grades — pick your level below. Furigana + translation included.
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🔊 SCIENCE 音 おと
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音おと は 空気くうき の 中なか を つたわる 波なみ です。

もの が ふるえる と、まわり の 空気くうき も ふるえて 波なみ に なります。

その 波なみ が 耳みみ に 入はいり、わたしたち は 音おと を 聞ききます。

空気くうき の 中なか で、音おと は 一秒いちびょう に 三百四十さんびゃくよんじゅうメートル ほど 進すすみます。

水みず の 中なか では、音おと は もっと 速はやく つたわります。

光ひかり は 音おと より ずっと 速はやい ので、花火はなび は 光ひかり が 先さき に 見みえます。

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Translation

Sound is a wave that travels through the air.

When something vibrates, the air around it vibrates too and becomes a wave.

That wave enters our ears, and we hear the sound.

In air, sound travels about 340 meters every second.

In water, sound travels even faster.

Light is far faster than sound, so with fireworks you see the light first.

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