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    細菌

    細さい菌きん

    bacterium

    N1KMT7News #11+1CoreNounScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab22 strokes

    さいきん

    Noun

    1.
    bacterium, bacteria, germ

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    細さい菌きんは目めに見みえない。

    Bacteria are invisible to the naked eye.

    KMT5Science & MathCore Concepts
    食しょく中ちゅう毒どくは細さい菌きんが原げん因いんで起おこることが多おおい。

    Food poisoning is often caused by bacteria.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthFood & Dining
    科か学がく者しゃたちは、新あたらしい細さい菌きんを発はっ見けんするために研けん究きゅうを続つづけている。

    Scientists are continuing their research to discover new bacteria.

    KMT7Science & MathEducation
    手てを洗あらうことは、細さい菌きん感かん染せんを防ふせぐ最もっとも基き本ほん的てきな方ほう法ほうだ。

    Washing hands is the most basic way to prevent bacterial infections.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつは特とく定ていの細さい菌きんの増ぞう殖しょくを抑おさえる効こう果かがある。

    Antibiotics have the effect of suppressing the proliferation of specific bacteria.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    細
    ほそ.い・ほそ.る・こま.か・こま.かい…(1)
    dainty・get thin・taper・slender・narrow…(2)
    菌
    germ・fungus・bacteria
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