Translation guide
The study of ethical issues arising from advances in biology and medicine. In Japanese, the term is usually expressed with the loanword バイオエシックス or the native compound 生命倫理.
Referring to the academic discipline or field of study dealing with ethical questions in biology and medicine.
The standard Japanese term for bioethics as an academic field. Literally 'life ethics'. Used in formal and academic contexts.
彼は大学で生命倫理を専攻している。
He is majoring in bioethics at university.
Loanword from English, used in academic and professional settings. Slightly less common than 生命倫理 but widely understood.
バイオエシックスの観点から議論する必要がある。
We need to discuss this from the perspective of bioethics.
Referring to specific ethical problems or principles in biomedicine, such as informed consent or genetic engineering ethics.
Means 'bioethical issues'. A natural way to refer to problems in bioethics.
クローン技術は生命倫理の問題を引き起こす。
Cloning technology raises bioethical issues.
Means 'principles of bioethics'. Used when discussing foundational ethical guidelines.
医療における生命倫理の原則を守るべきだ。
We should uphold the principles of bioethics in medicine.
生命倫理 is the standard term in Japanese academia and media. バイオエシックス is understood but may sound slightly more Western or technical. In most situations, 生命倫理 is the safer choice.