Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
ぶつ
Grade: 3
じつ > じっ
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 4
kan’yōon kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
動物實驗 (kyūjitai)
 動物実験 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From 動物 (dōbutsu, animal) +‎ 実験 (jikken, experiment).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーぶつじっけん [dòóbútsú jíꜜkkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ d͡ʑik̚kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

(どう)(ぶつ)(じっ)(けん) (dōbutsu jikken

  1. animal testing

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN