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Get the appMeaning of 細胞 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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細胞JLPT 1
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Kana Readingさいぼう, さいほう
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Romajisaibō, saihō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- cell (biology)
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Example Sentences
細胞, さいぼう, さいほう used in context
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Animal bodies are made up of cells.
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A human body consists of a countless number of cells.
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The human body is composed of billions of small cells.
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Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.
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In science class, we drew pictures of cells.
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この地域社会に住む一人一人は、健康な人間が持つ免疫機構の細胞のようなもだ。
Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.
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Kanji found in this word
dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
On: サイ
Kun: ほそ.い, ほそ.る, こま.か, こま.かい
11 strokes
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