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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

微び生せい物ぶつ

biseibutsu

microorganism, microbe

Example sentences

  1. バクテリアは微生物びせいぶつだ。

    Bacteria are microorganisms.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. タトエバの例文れいぶんは微生物びせいぶつのようなものである。有益ゆうえきなものもあれば有害ゆうがいなものもある。

    Sentences on Tatoeba are like microbes. There are useful ones, but there are also harmful ones.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. さらに微生物びせいぶつの分野ぶんやでは顕微鏡けんびきょうを用もちいた観察かんさつがしばしば行おこなわれる。

    In the study of microorganisms, observations are also often made using microscopes.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 微生物

  • 微delicate; minutenessOnビKunかすか
  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

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