Illustration: In a hospital radiography room, a seated patient rests one hand flat on an X-ray detector beneath the positioning head of the machine. Beyond the protective partition, a radiographer checks a monitor showing the bones of a hand against its softer outline.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

放ほう射しゃ線せん

houshasen

radiation

Example sentences

  1. その幼児ようじは放射線ほうしゃせんにさらされていた。

    The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 実じつは、その住民じゅうみんたちは放射線ほうしゃせんにずっとさらされてきた。

    In fact, the inhabitants have been exposed to radioactive rays.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. また日本にっぽんのゴジラは放射線ほうしゃせんの作用さようで変化へんかした爬虫類はちゅうるいという設定せっていである。

    Also Japanese Godzilla is a reptile which changed due to radiation

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

Kanji in 放射線

  • 放set free; releaseOnホウKunはなす・はなつ・はなれる
  • 射shoot; shine intoOnシャKunいる・さす・うつ
  • 線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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