Illustration: Three generations gather on the tatami floor of a family living room as a grandfather meets his new grandchild. The grandfather, his adult daughter, and the baby each have the same distinctive white forelock in otherwise dark hair.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

遺い伝でん

iden

heredity, genetic inheritance

Example sentences

  1. 我々われわれは環境かんきょうと遺伝いでんの両方りょうほうの影響えいきょうを受うけている。

    We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 子供こどもの音楽的才能おんがくてきさいのうは遺伝いでんによって決きまるのですか。

    Does a child’s musical talent depend on heredity?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この動物どうぶつには何なにか遺伝いでん的てきな問題もんだいがあるようだ。

    There seems to be some genetic problem with this animal.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 遺伝

  • 遺bequeath; leave behindOnイ・ユイKunのこす
  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう

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