Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 膜まく が 張は る a film/membrane forms over something
A film formed on the surface of the soup.
〈 物もの 〉 が 膜まく で 覆おお われる something is covered by a membrane
Cells are covered by a membrane.
膜まく を 破やぶ る to break/rupture a membrane
Break the egg's membrane and take out its contents.
膜まく を 通とお す to pass through a membrane
Oxygen passes through the membrane in the lungs into the blood.
Related words 皮膜 is a more technical or formal term for a thin skin or coating, often used in materials science, while 膜 is the general word for any membrane or film.
薄膜 specifically emphasizes thinness and is common in engineering and physics contexts, while 膜 is the general term for any membrane or film.
フィルム is a borrowed word used for thin plastic or photographic film, while 膜 is the native Japanese term covering biological membranes as well as films.
Don't confuse with 膜 (まく ) means a membrane or thin film, while 幕 (also まく ) means a curtain, screen, or act of a play — same pronunciation but unrelated meaning.
Word family· 98 Show 19 more Show fewer thin film; thin membrane
film; membrane
arachnoid mater; arachnoid membrane
coating; film; membrane · capsule; tunic
peritoneum
conjunctiva
periosteum
oil film; oil slick
valve (heart, veins)
false membrane; pseudomembrane
lining membrane; inner membrane
indusium
egg membrane
paint film; paint coating; layer of paint
outer membrane · adventitia
allantois
sclera
pericardium; pericardial sac
nuclear membrane
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Written forms 膜まく Usage 97%
Standard kanji spelling; used in both scientific and everyday contexts.
まく Usage 3%
Etymology The kanji 膜 is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic component 肉 (flesh, body) and the phonetic component 莫 (maku), indicating a thin layer of tissue or similar material. The reading まく is the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading).
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