酸さん素そ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun

oxygen

The chemical element oxygen (O). Used in scientific, medical, and everyday contexts.

水みずは水すい素そと酸さん素そからできている。

Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen.

酸さん素そマスクをつけてください。

Please put on an oxygen mask.

Usage patterns

酸さん素そを吸すうto breathe in oxygen
深しん呼こ吸きゅうして酸さん素そを吸すった。
I took a deep breath and breathed in oxygen.
酸さん素そが不ふ足そくするfor oxygen to be insufficient/lacking
高こう山さんでは酸さん素そが不ふ足そくする。
Oxygen is scarce at high altitudes.
酸さん素そマスクをつけるto put on an oxygen mask
患かん者じゃは酸さん素そマスクをつけていた。
The patient was wearing an oxygen mask.
酸さん素そを供きょう給きゅうするto supply oxygen
この装そう置ちは体からだに酸さん素そを供きょう給きゅうする。
This device supplies oxygen to the body.

Expressions

酸さん素そ透とう過か率りつoxygen transmission rate; OTR

Kanji

酸acid, bitterness, sour
素elementary, principle, naked

Don't confuse with

水すい素そN2
酸素 (oxygen) and 水素 (hydrogen) are two different elements that learners often mix up because both end in ‑素 and are frequently discussed together in chemistry.
窒ちっ素そ
窒素 (nitrogen, N) and 酸素 (oxygen, O) are both major components of air and are easily mixed up by learners studying basic chemistry terms.

Word family· 36

有ゆう酸さん素そ
aerobic; with oxygen
無む酸さん素そ
without oxygen; anaerobic; anoxia; hypoxia
酸さん素そ化か
oxygenation
酸さん素そ系けい
oxygen-based; oxygen-type; oxygenated

Etymology

Coined in Japan during the Meiji period as a calque of the Western scientific term 'oxygen'. 酸 (acid) + 素 (element), reflecting the early belief that oxygen was the essential component of acids.

酸さん素そ缶かん

oxygen can; portable oxygen canister

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酸さん素そ酸さん
oxoacid
重じゅう酸さん素そ
heavy oxygen
低てい酸さん素そ症しょう
hypoxia
圧あっ縮しゅく酸さん素そ
compressed oxygen
活かっ性せい酸さん素そ
reactive oxygen species; free radicals

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