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国際がん研究機構 (こくさいがんけんきゅうきこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こう

Meanings

1

noun

International Agency for Research on Cancer; IARC

organization name

Official name of the World Health Organization's cancer research agency. Often abbreviated as IARC in English contexts.

国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こうはWHOの一いち部ぶ門もんです。
The International Agency for Research on Cancer is a part of the WHO.
IARC（国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こう）は発はつがん性せい評ひょう価かを行おこなっている。
The IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) conducts carcinogenicity evaluations.

Written forms

国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こう
Standard Japanese name for the International Agency for Research on Cancer, using がん in kana.
国こく際さいガン研けん究きゅう機き構こう
Variant with ガン in katakana; less common but still used.
国こく際さい癌がん研けん究きゅう機き構こう
Variant using the kanji 癌; this character is not in the Jōyō kanji list and is often avoided in official names.

Kanji

国

country

際occasion, side, edge

研polish, study of, sharpen

究research, study

機loom, mechanism, machine

構posture, stance, appearance

癌cancer, cancerous evil

Etymology

Compound of 国際 (international), がん (cancer), 研究 (research), and 機構 (agency/organization). A direct translation of the English name.