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    光合成

    光こう合ごう成せい

    photosynthesis

    KMT9News #28+1NounNature & EnvironmentScience & MathKanji Vocab18 strokes

    こうごうせい

    Noun

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    photosynthesis

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    植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいを行おこなう。

    Plants perform photosynthesis.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment
    光こう合ごう成せいは植しょく物ぶつが栄えい養ようを作つくる重じゅう要ようなプロセスだ。

    Photosynthesis is an important process by which plants create nutrients.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment
    植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいによって太たい陽ようの光ひかりエネルギーを化か学がくエネルギーに変へん換かんする。

    Through photosynthesis, plants convert solar light energy into chemical energy.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment
    地ち球きゅう上じょうの酸さん素その大だい部ぶ分ぶんは、植しょく物ぶつの光こう合ごう成せいによって供きょう給きゅうされている。

    Most of the Earth's oxygen is supplied by plant photosynthesis.

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    藻そう類るいも光こう合ごう成せいを行おこなう生せい物ぶつの一いっ種しゅである。

    Algae are also a type of organism that performs photosynthesis.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    光
    ひか.る・ひかり…(8)
    ray・light
    合
    あ.う・-あ.う・あ.い・あい-・-あ.い・-あい…(16)
    fit・suit・join・0.1
    成
    な.る・な.す・-な.す…(15)
    turn into・become・get・grow・elapse…(1)
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