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    3. 隔世遺伝

    隔世遺伝

    隔かく世せい遺い伝でん

    atavism

    NTNoun, ParticleScience & MathKanji Vocab39 strokes

    かくせいいでん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 39

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    隔
    へだ.てる・へだ.たる…(1)
    isolate・alternate・distance・separate・gulf
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
    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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