沼気

See also: 沼氣

Japanese edit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

メタン (methane in general)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Marsh gas

Kanji in this term
沼	気
しょう Grade: S	き Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
沼氣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

/seuki/ → /ɕeuki/ → /ɕʲoːki/

From Middle Chinese compound 沼氣／沼气 (tsyew^X khjɨj^H, literally “pool, pond, swamp + vapors, gas”). Compare modern Cantonese reading ziu² hei³.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しょーき [shóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːkʲi]

Noun edit

沼(しょう)気(き) • (shōki) ^{←せうき (seuki)^?}

marsh gas, swamp gas, methane (naturally occurring)

Usage notes edit

Although one translation of this term is methane, this refers more specifically to the methane produced from organic matter rotting in a body of water. One would not generally use this term to refer to methane or natural gas as used for cooking or heating.

Related terms edit

(methane in general): メタン (metan)
(natural gas): 天然(てんねん)ガス (tennen gasu)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

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