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発がん物質 (はつがんぶっしつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

発はつがん物ぶっ質しつ

also: はつガンぶっしつ

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Meanings

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noun

carcinogen; carcinogenic substance

A substance that can cause cancer. Used in medical, scientific, and everyday contexts.

タバコの煙けむりには多おおくの発はつがん物ぶっ質しつが含ふくまれている。
Tobacco smoke contains many carcinogens.
この食しょく品ひん添てん加か物ぶつは発はつがん物

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This food additive is known as a carcinogenic substance.

Written forms

発はつがん物ぶっ質しつ
Most common spelling in modern Japanese, using hiragana for がん.
発はつガン物ぶっ質しつ
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling; less common than the hiragana variant.
発はつ癌がん物ぶっ質しつ
Uses the kanji 癌 for cancer; less common in everyday writing but seen in technical contexts.
はつガンぶっしつ

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
物thing, object, matter
質substance, quality, matter
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Similar words

発はつがん性せい
発がん性 is the property of being carcinogenic (carcinogenicity), while 発がん物質 refers to the substance itself.

Etymology

Compound of 発 (hatsu, 'induce') + がん (gan, 'cancer') + 物質 (busshitsu, 'substance').