無生物
Meanings
1
inanimate object; non-living thing
Refers to things without life, often used in contrast with 生物 (living things). Common in scientific, philosophical, and everyday contexts.
Stones and water are inanimate objects.
Distinguishing inanimate objects from living things seems easy but is difficult.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を無生物として扱うto treat something as an inanimate object
In this grammar, even robots are sometimes treated as inanimate objects.