Illustration: At a Japanese school science bench, a student holds a large molecular model consisting of one larger sphere bonded to two smaller spheres at an angle. Three matching completed models stand separately on the bench, emphasizing repeated, distinct units.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

分ぶん子し

bunshi

molecule

Example sentences

  1. 水分子すいぶんしは、２個この水素原子すいそげんしと１個この酸素原子さんそげんしからなる。

    A water molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 熱力学ねつりきがくの背後はいごには、第だい１巻かんで学まなんだ力学りきがくの法則ほうそくにしたがう原子げんしや分子ぶんしの運動うんどうがあります。

    Behind thermodynamics lie the movements of atoms and molecules following the laws of motion learned in the first volume.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 有機物ゆうきぶつというのは大おおきな分子ぶんしから形成けいせいされている。

    Organic matter is formed by large molecules.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 分子

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる
  • 子childOnシ・ス・ツKunこ・ね

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