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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん産さん地ち

gensanchi

place of origin

Here it refers to where a species originated. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 原産地げんさんちは不明ふめいであるが、日本にっぽんには平安時代へいあんじだいに中国ちゅうごくから入はいってきたといわれている。

    The place of origin is unknown, but it is said that it came to Japan from China in the Heian period.

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

  2. トマトの原産地げんさんちは南米なんべいだそうです。

    I hear tomatoes originated in South America.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. この植物しょくぶつの原産地げんさんちを調しらべました。

    I looked up where this plant originated.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 原産地

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 産products; bearOnサンKunうむ・うまれる・うぶ-
  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ

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