両性
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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両 | 性 |
りょう Grade: 3 |
せい Grade: 5 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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兩性 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
両 (ryō-, “both”) + 性 (-sei, “nature”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
両性 • (ryōsei) ←りやうせい (ryausei)?
- male and female
- two natures
- (chemistry) amphoteric
Derived terms edit
- 両性酸化物 (ryōsei sankabutsu, “amphoteric oxide”)
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN