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    3. 系統

    系統

    系けい統とう

    system

    N2KMT5News #10+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    けいとう

    Noun

    1.
    system
    2.
    lineage, ancestry, family line
    3.
    group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)
    4.
    close (evolutionary) relationship
    5.
    a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

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    この分ぶん類るいは系けい統とうがはっきりしています。

    This classification has a clear system/lineage.

    KMT4Core ConceptsScience & Math
    彼かれは保ほ守しゅ的てきな政せい治じ系けい統とうに属ぞくしている。

    He belongs to a conservative political system/lineage.

    KMT5Core ConceptsPolitics & Law
    このウイルスは新あたらしい系けい統とうに変へん異いした可か能のう性せいがある。

    This virus may have mutated into a new strain.

    KMT6Core ConceptsScience & MathMedicine & Health
    彼かれの研けん究きゅうは、言げん語ごの系けい統とうを解かい明めいすることを目め指ざしている。

    His research aims to elucidate the lineage of languages.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducationScience & Math
    生せい物ぶつの進しん化か系けい統とう樹じゅは、DNA分ぶん析せきによってより明めい確かくになった。

    The phylogenetic tree of organisms has become clearer through DNA analysis.

    KMT7Science & MathNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    系
    lineage・system
    統
    す.べる…(3)
    overall・relationship・ruling・governing
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