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クエン酸 (くえんさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

クエン酸さん

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Meanings

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noun

citric acid

chemistry

A weak organic acid found in citrus fruits; used in food, cleaning, and biochemistry. Technical term in chemistry.

レモンにはクエン酸さんが多おおく含ふくまれている。
Lemons contain a lot of citric acid.
クエン酸さんは食しょく品ひん添てん加か物ぶつとして使つかわれる。
Citric acid is used as a food additive.

Written forms

クエン酸さん
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the loanword portion and kanji for 酸.
枸く櫞えん酸さん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the characters 枸櫞 are uncommon and may not be recognized by many readers.

Kanji

酸acid, bitterness, sour
枸quince tree

kind of lemon tree

Similar words

酢さく酸さん
酢酸 is acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, while クエン酸 is citric acid, found in citrus fruits.
乳にゅう酸さん
乳酸 is lactic acid, produced in muscles during exercise and found in dairy products, whereas クエン酸 is citric acid from citrus fruits.

Etymology

From German 'Zitronensäure' (citric acid), adapted into Japanese as クエン酸, where クエン represents the 'citron' part and 酸 means 'acid'.