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生物圏 (seibutsuken) Japanese meaning: biosphere | Kotomora

生せい物ぶつ圏けん

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Meanings

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biosphere; biome

Scientific term for the global sum of all ecosystems or a major regional ecological community.

生せい物ぶつ圏けんは地ち球きゅう上じょうの生せい命めいが存そん在ざいする領りょう域いき全ぜん体たい

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The biosphere refers to the entire region of Earth where life exists.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
物thing, object, matter
圏sphere, circle, radius

Related words

生せい態たい系けいN1
生物圏 (biosphere) is the entire global sum of ecosystems, while 生態系 refers to a single such system, like a forest or lake.

Word family

生せい物ぶつ圏けん保ほ護ご区く
biosphere reserve (UNESCO)

Built from

生せい物ぶつ+圏けん

Etymology

Compound of 生物 (living things) and 圏 (sphere, area), a calque of English 'biosphere'.