Japanese symbol for “nips”

生理学研究所

せいりがくけんきゅうじょ

Romaji: seirigakukenkyuujo

National Institute for Physiological Sciences; NIPS

In Japanese, nips is 生理学研究所, read せいりがくけんきゅうじょ (seirigakukenkyuujo).

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Meanings

n National Institute for Physiological Sciences; NIPS

Kanji and stroke order

生

life, genuine, birth

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる

5 strokes · JLPT 4

理

logic, arrangement, reason

on: リ
kun: ことわり

11 strokes · JLPT 3

学

study, learning, science

on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

研

polish, study of, sharpen

on: ケン
kun: と.ぐ

9 strokes · JLPT 3

究

research, study

on: キュウ、ク
kun: きわ.める

7 strokes · JLPT 3

所

place, extent

on: ショ
kun: ところ、-ところ、どころ、とこ

8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
生活	せいかつ seikatsu	life; living
先生	せんせい sensei	teacher; instructor; master
人生	じんせい jinsei	(one's) life
学生	がくせい gakusei	student (esp. a university student)
発生	はっせい hassei	occurrence; incidence; outbreak
誕生	たんじょう tanjou	birth (of a person); nativity
理由	りゆう riyuu	reason; grounds; pretext
理解	りかい rikai	understanding; comprehension; appreciation
学校	がっこう gakkou	school
研究	けんきゅう kenkyuu	research; study; investigation
究極	きゅうきょく kyuukyoku	ultimate; final; last
場所	ばしょ basho	place; location; spot

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.