Illustration: In a family kitchen, a parent uses clean tongs to remove baby-bottle parts from a purpose-built electric steam sterilizer after its cycle. Condensation beads on the opened lid, and clean components sit upright in the internal rack.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

殺さっ菌きん

sakkin

sterilization, disinfection

Example sentences

  1. この水みずは殺菌さっきんしてある。

    This water is sterilized.

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  2. この牛乳ぎゅうにゅうは殺菌さっきんしてある。

    This milk is free from germs.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 特とくにカツオは傷いたみが早はやく、表面ひょうめんを炙あぶることにより殺菌さっきん効果こうかが期待出来きたいできる。

    Bonito, in particular, spoils quickly, and therefore broiling the surface is expected to kill bacteria.

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

Kanji in 殺菌

  • 殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる
  • 菌germ; fungusOnキン

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