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    3. 遺伝

    遺伝

    遺い伝でん

    heredity

    KMT6News #12+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab21 strokes

    いでん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    heredity, (genetic) inheritance

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    目めの色いろは遺い伝でんする。

    Eye color is inherited.

    KMT5Science & MathFamily & Relationships
    この病びょう気きは遺い伝でんする可か能のう性せいが高たかい。

    There is a high possibility that this disease is hereditary.

    KMT6Science & MathMedicine & Health
    彼かれの音おん楽がくの才さい能のうは、母はは親おやからの遺い伝でんだと言いわれている。

    His musical talent is said to be inherited from his mother.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsMusic & Entertainment
    遺い伝でん子しの研けん究きゅうは、生せい命めいの謎なぞを解とき明あかす鍵かぎとなる。

    Genetic research is key to unraveling the mysteries of life.

    KMT7Science & Math
    遺い伝でん学がくは、生せい物ぶつの形けい質しつがどのように次じ世せ代だいに伝 わるかを研けん究きゅうする学がく問もんだ。

    Genetics is the study of how traits are passed from one generation to the next.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    遺
    のこ.す…(2)
    bequeath・leave behind・reserve
    伝
    つた.わる・つた.える・つた.う・つだ.う・-づた.い・つて…(3)
    transmit・go along・walk along・follow・report…(3)
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