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一年生植物 (いちねんせいしょくぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いち年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ

い

ち

ね

ん

せ

い

しょ

く

ぶ

つ

Meanings

1

annual plant; annual

Botanical term for a plant that completes its life cycle within one year or growing season.

一

いち

年ねん

生せい

植しょく

物ぶつ

は

、

種たね

を

まい

て

から

一いち

年ねん

以い

内ない

に

枯か

れる

。

Annual plants die within a year after sowing.

この花か壇だんには一いち年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつを植うえています。

We plant annuals in this flower bed.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
年year, counter for years
生life, genuine, birth
植plant
物thing, object, matter

Related words

多た年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ
Perennial plant; lives for more than two years, in contrast to 一年生植物 which completes its life cycle in one year.
二に年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ
Biennial plant; takes two years to complete its life cycle, unlike 一年生植物 which does so in one year.

Built from

一いち年ねん+

Etymology

Compound of 一年生 (いちねんせい, 'one-year life') + 植物 (しょくぶつ, 'plant'). The term is a direct calque from Western botanical terminology.

生せい

+植しょく物ぶつ