Japanese symbol for “meiosis”
減数分裂
げんすうぶんれつ
Romaji: gensuubunretsu
meiosis
In Japanese, meiosis is 減数分裂, read げんすうぶんれつ (gensuubunretsu).
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Meanings
- n meiosis (biol)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “meiosis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 還元分裂 | かんげんぶんれつ kangenbunretsu | meiosis |
| 成熟分裂 | せいじゅくぶんれつ seijukubunretsu | meiosis |
| 緩叙法 | かんじょほう kanjohou | litotes (figure of speech); meiosis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減少 | げんしょう genshou | decrease; reduction; decline |
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 加減 | かげん kagen | degree; extent; amount |
| 減速 | げんそく gensoku | deceleration |
| 減る | へる heru | to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 減らす | へらす herasu | to abate; to decrease; to diminish |
| 多数 | たすう tasuu | large number (of); many |
| 複数 | ふくすう fukusuu | plural; multiple |
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 分裂 | ぶんれつ bunretsu | split; division; break up |
See also: Chinese symbol for “meiosis”.
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