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放射能 (houshanou) Japanese meaning: radioactivity | Kotomora
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The radioactivity level in this area is below the safety standard.
Usage patterns 放ほう 射しゃ 能のう を 浴あ びる to be exposed to radiation
The worker was exposed to radiation in the accident.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 放ほう 射しゃ 能のう に 汚お 染せん される for a place to be contaminated by radiation/radioactive material
放ほう 射しゃ 能のう が 漏も れる for radioactive material/radiation to leak
It was reported that radiation leaked from the nuclear plant.
放ほう 射しゃ 能のう を 測そく 定てい する to measure radioactivity levels
Experts measured the radioactivity in the food.
放ほう 射しゃ 能のう の 影えい 響きょう を 受う ける to be affected by radiation
Many residents were affected by the radiation.
Don't confuse with 放射線 refers to the actual rays emitted (alpha, beta, gamma), while 放射能 is the property of emitting them, though casual speech often uses 放射能 where 放射線 is technically correct.
放射性物質 is the precise term for radioactive material itself, while 放射能 is sometimes used colloquially to mean the same thing.
放射能 is the noun for radioactivity itself (the phenomenon or energy), while 放射性 is an adjectival noun meaning 'radioactive' that describes a substance or material, as in 放射性物質.
放射 is the emission process itself, whereas 放射能 is the property of a substance that makes it capable of emitting radiation (radioactivity).
Word family· 10 amount of radioactivity
radioactive rain
radioactive cloud
Etymology Compound of 放射 (hōsha, 'radiation, emission') and 能 (nō, 'ability, capacity'). The term was coined in the early 20th century as a translation of the English 'radioactivity'.
That area became uninhabitable after being contaminated by radiation.
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radiation warning sign; trefoil; radiation warning symbol
radioactive contamination
radiation leakage; radiation leak
radiation warning symbol; trefoil
