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水生生物 (すいせいせいぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水すい生せい生せい物ぶつ

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Meanings

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noun

aquatic life; water creatures

General term for organisms living in water, including fish, aquatic plants, and microorganisms.

この川かわには多た様ような水すい生せい生せい物ぶつが生せい息そくしている。
A variety of aquatic life inhabits this river.
水すい生せい生せい物ぶつの保ほ護ごは重

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Protecting aquatic life is an important issue.

Written forms

水すい生せい生せい物ぶつ
Standard kanji spelling; 水生 means 'aquatic' and 生物 means 'organism'.
水すい棲せい生せい物ぶつ
Alternate spelling using 棲 (dwell) instead of 生 (life); both are used, but 水生生物 is more common.

Kanji

水water
生life, genuine, birth
物thing, object, matter
棲live, dwell

Similar words

海かい洋よう生せい物ぶつ
海洋生物 specifically refers to marine organisms, while 水生生物 includes all aquatic life, both freshwater and saltwater.
淡たん水すい生せい物ぶつ
淡水生物 means freshwater organisms, a subset of 水生生物.

Etymology

Compound of 水生 (aquatic) + 生物 (organism). The spelling 水棲生物 uses 棲 (dwell) to emphasize living in water, but both forms are transparent.