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    3. 化石

    化石

    化か石せき

    fossil

    N1KMT4News #8+1CoreScience & MathKanji Vocab9 strokes

    かせき

    Noun

    1.
    fossil

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    2.
    petrifaction, petrification, fossilization, fossilisation

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    恐きょう竜りゅうの化か石せきを見みつけた。

    I found a dinosaur fossil.

    KMT3Science & MathAnimals
    この地ち域いきからは多おおくの貝かいの化か石せきが出しゅつ土どする。

    Many shell fossils are excavated from this region.

    KMT4Science & MathNature & Environment
    この岩がん石せきには植しょく物ぶつの化か石せきがはっきりと残のこっている。

    Plant fossils are clearly preserved in this rock.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    化か石せき燃ねん料りょうは地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かの原げん因いんの一ひとつとされている。

    Fossil fuels are considered one of the causes of global warming.

    KMT5Science & MathNature & Environment
    古こ生せい物ぶつ学がく者しゃは化か石せきから古こ代だいの生せい態たい系けいを研けん究きゅうする。

    Paleontologists study ancient ecosystems from fossils.

    KMT5Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
    石
    いし…(9)
    stone
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