Illustration: At a community workshop in Japan, an instructor prepares a small batch of hand cream. Clear oil pours from a glass cup into a mixing bowl containing water and softened beeswax pellets. A whisk draws the substances into a thick pale cream, with a little unmixed oil still visible around the edge.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

成せい分ぶん

seibun

ingredient, component

Example sentences

  1. 子宮内しきゅうないの羊水ようすいは、海水かいすいとほぼ同おなじ成分せいぶんだそうです。

    They say amniotic fluid has roughly the same composition as sea water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この飲料いんりょうに含ふくまれている成分せいぶんには有害ゆうがいなものがある。とりわけ妊娠中にんしんちゅうの人ひとに。

    Some of the ingredients in this beverage are harmful, especially if you are pregnant.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. グリーンピースは鉄分てつぶんが豊富ほうふで爪つめの色いろがよくなる成分せいぶんが含ふくまれている。

    Green peas are high in iron and contain nutrients that improve the colour of fingernails.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 成分

  • 成turn into; becomeOnセイ・ジョウKunなる・なす
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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