皆既日食

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 皆既日食, read かいきにっしょく, is an eclipse in which the Moon covers the whole Sun as seen from the ground.
• Basic usage: In 科学館で皆既日食が起こる仕組みを模型で学んだ。, a model was used to learn how a total solar eclipse occurs at the science museum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Solar eclipse and totality
  • 皆既 before 日食 specifies that the whole Sun is covered. It distinguishes totality from an eclipse covering only part of the Sun.