Illustration: At a Japanese family's kitchen windowsill, a child examines a clear-sided snail habitat with a magnifying glass. Two adult snails crawl across moist leaves above a shallow pocket of translucent eggs visible against the container wall.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

繁はん殖しょく

hanshoku

to breed, to reproduce

Example sentences

  1. ８月下旬はちがつげじゅんに彼かれらは繁殖はんしょくのために長ながい旅たびに出発しゅっぱつします。

    In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.

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  2. うさぎは繁殖はんしょくが早はやい。

    Rabbits breed quickly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ネズミはどんどん繁殖はんしょくする。

    Rats breed rapidly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 繁殖

  • 繁luxuriant; thickOnハンKunしげる・しげく
  • 殖augment; increaseOnショクKunふえる・ふやす

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