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有機化学 (ゆうきかがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう機き化か学がく

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Meanings

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organic chemistry

The branch of chemistry dealing with carbon compounds. Used in academic and scientific contexts.

彼かれは大だい学がくで有ゆう機き化か学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in organic chemistry at university.

有ゆう機き化か学がくの実じっ験けんは注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。

Experiments in organic chemistry require caution.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
機loom, mechanism, machine
化change, take the form of, influence
学study, learning, science

Related words

有ゆう機きN1
有機 can be used as a shorthand for 有機化学 (organic chemistry) once the topic is clear, but 有機化学 is the full, unambiguous term.

Built from

有ゆう機き+化か学がく

Etymology

Compound of 有機 (organic) and 化学 (chemistry). 有機 originally meant 'having a mechanism' and was adopted in the 19th century to translate 'organic' in the chemical sense.