Illustration: In a Japanese school science laboratory, two students examine a prepared bacterial slide through a digital microscope. The connected monitor displays numerous small rod-shaped cells at high magnification, with one cell visibly constricted at its middle during division.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

細さい菌きん

saikin

bacteria

Example sentences

  1. この化学薬品かがくやくひんは細菌さいきんの繁殖はんしょくを防ふせぐだろう。

    This chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

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  2. それは細菌さいきん感染かんせんに有効ゆうこうだ。

    It is effective against bacterial infections.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 細菌さいきんが病気びょうきを引ひき起おこすことがある。

    Germs can cause sickness.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 細菌

  • 細dainty; get thinOnサイKunほそい・ほそる・こまか
  • 菌germ; fungusOnキン

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