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組成 (そせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
composition ; constitution ; makeup
Refers to what something is made of, or the act/state of being composed of parts. Common in formal and technical collocations such as 化学組成, 組成分析, 組成比, and 組成する元素.
食しょく 品ひん の 組そ 成せい は 加か 工こう 方ほう 法ほう に よっ て 変か わる 。
The composition of a food changes depending on the processing method.
Kanji 組 association, braid, plait Similar words 構こう 成せい More general for structure, arrangement, or how parts are organized; 組成 more specifically emphasizes the constituent makeup or composition.
成せい 分ぶん Means an individual component or ingredient; 組成 refers to the overall composition or how those components make up the whole.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 組, associated with assembling or grouping, and 成, associated with forming or becoming. This is a useful component explanation of the spelling rather than a precise historical derivation.
