Meaning of 遺伝 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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遺伝
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Kana Readingいでん
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Romajiiden
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- heredity; inherent
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Example Sentences
遺伝, いでん used in context
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Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.
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Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?
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後者の能力はすべて遺伝によって私達に伝えられる。つまり、親から受けつぐ遺伝子を通して私たちはそうした能力を受け取るのである。
All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
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We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.
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しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の１つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって私達に伝えられるのである。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
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しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の１つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって私達に伝えられるのである。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
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transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
On: デン, テン
Kun: つた.わる, つた.える, つた.う, つだ.う, -づた.い, つて
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