Illustration: In a Japanese school science room, a teacher lifts the detachable top from a life-size anatomical head model. The exposed brain sits inside the skull, with its two folded hemispheres clearly visible. A student leans close, eyebrows raised, holding the removed skull cap carefully in both hands.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

脳のう

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brain

Example sentences

  1. タバコは脳のうに影響えいきょうを与あたえる。

    Tobacco acts on the brain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 脳のうの構造こうぞうは複雑ふくざつだ。

    The structure of the brain is complicated.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人間にんげんの目めは脳のうと共ともに働はたらく。

    In humans, the eyes act together with the brain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 脳

  • 脳brain; memoryOnノウ・ドウKunのうずる

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