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    3. 発情

    発情

    発はつ情じょう

    sexual excitement

    KMT10News #39+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveAnimalsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    はつじょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sexual excitement, estrus, oestrus, rut, (coming into) heat

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    猫ねこが発はつ情じょうしている。

    The cat is in heat.

    KMT10AnimalsDaily Life
    動どう物ぶつの発はつ情じょう期きは繁はん殖しょくにとって重じゅう要ようだ。

    The estrus period of animals is important for reproduction.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math
    飼し育いく下かでは、動どう物ぶつの発はつ情じょうサイクルが自し然ぜんとは異ことなることがある。

    In captivity, the estrus cycle of animals can differ from that in nature.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math
    鹿しかは秋あきに発はつ情じょうし、オス同どう士しが争あらそう。

    Deer go into rut in autumn, and males fight each other.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    ホルモンが動どう物ぶつの発はつ情じょう行こう動どうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

    Hormones greatly influence the estrus behavior of animals.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & MathMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
    情
    なさ.け…(2)
    feelings・emotion・passion・sympathy・circumstances…(1)
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