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生物学 (seibutsugaku) Japanese meaning: biology | Kotomora

生せい物ぶつ学がく

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Meanings

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The scientific study of living organisms. Used in academic and everyday contexts.

彼かれは大だい学がくで生せい物ぶつ学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

He is majoring in biology at university.

生せい物ぶつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで細さい胞ぼうについて学まなんだ。

We learned about cells in biology class.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を専せん攻こうするto major in (a subject)
大だい学がくで生せい物ぶつ学がくを専せん攻こうしています。
I'm majoring in biology at university.
〈事こと〉の研けん究きゅうをするto do research in (a field)
彼かれは海かい洋よう生せい物ぶつ学がくの研けん究きゅうをしている。
He does research in marine biology.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
物thing, object, matter
学study, learning, science

Related words

生せい物ぶつN3
生物学 is the full academic term for 'biology', while 生物 is its common abbreviation used in school subject names.
生せい化か学がく
生物学 is the broad study of living things, while 生化学 focuses narrowly on their chemical and molecular processes.

Don't confuse with

生せい物ぶつN3
生物学 is the academic discipline of biology, while 生物 just means a living organism or creature.
生せい理り学がく
生物学 is the broad study of all living things, while 生理学 is the narrower field focused on internal bodily functions.

Word family· 25

分ぶん子し生せい物ぶつ学がく
molecular biology
低てい温おん生せい物ぶつ学がく
cryobiology; low-temperature biology
保ほ全ぜん生せい物ぶつ学がく
conservation biology

Built from

生せい物ぶつ+学がく

Etymology

Compound of 生物 (seibutsu, 'living thing') + 学 (-gaku, 'study, -ology').

医い学がく生せい物ぶつ学がく

medical biology

合ごう成せい生せい物ぶつ学がく

synthetic biology

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宇う宙ちゅう生せい物ぶつ学がく
astrobiology; exobiology
数すう理り生せい物ぶつ学がく
mathematical biology; theoretical biology; biomathematics
時じ間かん生せい物ぶつ学がく
chronobiology
構こう造ぞう生せい物ぶつ学がく
structural biology
海かい洋よう生せい物ぶつ学がく
marine biology
現げん生せい生せい物ぶつ学がく
neontology

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