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生態学 (seitaigaku) Japanese meaning: ecology | Kotomora

生せい態たい学がく

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Meanings

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The scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. Used in academic and general contexts.

彼かれは大だい学がくで生せい態たい学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

He is majoring in ecology at university.

生せい態たい学がくの観かん点てんから見みると、この開かい発はつ計けい画かくは問もん題だいがある。

From an ecological perspective, this development plan is problematic.

Usage patterns

生せい態たい学がくを専せん攻こうするto major in ecology
彼かれは大だい学がくで生せい態たい学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in ecology at university.
生せい態たい学がく的てきに〈動どう詞し〉ecologically speaking, in ecological terms
この地ち域いきは生せい態たい学がく的てきに重じゅう要ような場ば所しょだ。
This area is ecologically important.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
態attitude, condition, figure
学study, learning, science

Related words

環かん境きょう学がく
生態学 studies biological interactions between organisms and environment, while 環境学 is the broader, more interdisciplinary field of environmental studies including social and policy aspects.
エコロジー
生態学 is the native Japanese academic term for the scientific study of ecology, while エコロジー is the loanword that can also cover the broader environmental movement.

Don't confuse with

生せい態たい系けいN1
生態学 (with the trailing 学) is the academic discipline of ecology, whereas 生態系 is the ecosystem itself that 生態学 studies.
生せい態たいN1
生態学 is the academic discipline of ecology, while 生態 is the actual ecology or way of life being studied.

Word family· 13

個こ生せい態たい学がく
autecology; autoecology
古こ生せい態たい学がく
paleoecology
人にん間げん生せい態たい学がく
human ecology
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生せい態たい+学がく

Etymology

Compound of 生態 (せいたい, 'ecology' or 'mode of life') and 学 (がく, 'study' or 'science'). The term is a modern coinage based on Chinese-character roots, equivalent to the Western concept of ecology.

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学がく

conservation ecology

分ぶん子し生せい態たい学がく

molecular ecology

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景けい観かん生せい態たい学がく
landscape ecology
森しん林りん生せい態たい学がく
forest ecology
植しょく物ぶつ生せい態たい学がく
plant ecology
海かい洋よう生せい態たい学がく
marine ecology
群ぐん集しゅう生せい態たい学がく
synecology; community ecology

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