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自然法則 (しぜんほうそく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

自し然ぜん法ほう則そく

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Meanings

1

noun

law of nature; natural law

Refers to a fundamental principle or regularity observed in the natural world, often in scientific or philosophical contexts.

ニュートンは自し然ぜん法ほう則そくを数すう学がく的てきに記き述じゅつした。
Newton described the laws of nature mathematically.
この現げん象しょうは自し然

ぜん

法ほう

則そく

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従したが

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いる

。

This phenomenon follows a law of nature.

Kanji

自oneself
然sort of thing, so, if so
法method, law, rule
則rule, law, follow

Similar words

物ぶつ理り法ほう則そく
物理法則 specifically refers to laws of physics, while 自然法則 is broader and can include biological or chemical laws as well.
自し然ぜんの摂せつ理り
自然の摂理 carries a more philosophical or poetic nuance, often implying a divine or inherent order, whereas 自然法則 is more scientific and neutral.

Etymology

Compound of 自然 (nature) and 法則 (law, rule). The term is a direct conceptual borrowing from Western scientific and philosophical discourse, likely entering Japanese during the Meiji period.