Meaning of 動植物 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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動植物
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Kana Readingどうしょくぶつ
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Romajidōshokubutsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- plants and animals; flora and fauna
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Example Sentences
動植物, どうしょくぶつ used in context
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破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.
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皆さんは、皮膚がんになる危険性が大いにあり、体を弱りきらせ、食料の乏しい、動植物の減少した未来の世界を私たちにつくるつもりですか。
Are you creating for us a future world where there is a greater danger of skin cancer, weakened bodies, less food and fewer plants and animals?
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雨林は地表のわずか２％をしめるに過ぎないが、世界の野生の動植物、及び昆虫の半分以上の種類がそこで生息している。
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
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move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
On: ドウ
Kun: うご.く, うご.かす
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