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光年
Kounen is a unit of distance, not time. It is used to describe the immense gaps between stars and galaxies.
Examples in context
その星は地球から十光年離れている。
That star is ten light years away from Earth.
何万光年も先の銀河を見る。
Look at a galaxy tens of thousands of light years away.
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