Illustration: Under the eaves of a modest Japanese house, an adult swallow clings to the rim of a mud nest and places a caught insect into one nestling’s open mouth. Three other nestlings stretch upward with equally extravagant gapes, although only one can receive this meal.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

生せい態たい

seitai

an animal’s life and habits

Example sentences

  1. 水面すいめんに並ならんで浮うくという行動こうどうは実際じっさいのワニの生態せいたいによく合あう。

    The act of lining up and floating on the surface of the water is consistent with the behavior of crocodiles.

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

  2. 繁殖期はんしょくきには他たのイセエビの後あとをついて動うごくため列れつを作つくるという変かわった生態せいたいがある。

    It has the strange habit of following other lobsters and, as a result, they form a line of lobsters during the breeding season.

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

  3. が、外見がいけん・分布ぶんぷ・生態せいたいなどはハモとほとんど同おなじで、市場しじょうでもハモとは区別くべつせずに扱あつかう。

    However, in appearance, distribution and biology it is very similar to the conger pike and it is treated as the same creature in fish markets.

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

Kanji in 生態

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 態attitude; conditionOnタイKunわざと

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