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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

炭たん素そ

tanso

carbon

Example sentences

  1. 石炭せきたんは大部分だいぶぶんが炭素たんそから成なっている。

    Coal consists mostly of carbon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 炭素たんそ排出量はいしゅつりょうの変動へんどうが、以下いかのグラフに描えがかれている。

    The differing volumes of carbon emissions are plotted in the graph below.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 地球上ちきゅうじょうの生物せいぶつはみな炭素たんそをもっている。

    All living things on Earth contain carbon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 炭素

  • 炭charcoal; coalOnタンKunすみ
  • 素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと

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