発がん性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
発	性
はつ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
kan’on

Alternative spelling
發がん性 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

発がん (hatsugan, “carcinogen”) +‎ 性 (-sei, “-ity”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はつがんせー [hàtsúgáńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨᵝɡã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

発(はつ)がん性(せい) • (hatsugansei) 

1. Alternative form of 発癌性 (“carcinogenic, carcinogenicity”)
   • (Can we date this quote?), どうして「たばこ」を吸(す)ってはいけないの？　～中(ちゅう)学(がく)生(せい)のみなさんへ～　みなさんの大(たい)切(せつ)な未(み)来(らい)のために [Why can't I smoke tobacco? Dear middle schoolers: for your important futures]‎^[1], Tama Tachikawa Health Center, archived from the original on 2020-09-19, page 2:

     たばこの煙(けむり)の中(なか)には、約(やく )4000(よんせん)種( しゅ)類(るい)の化(か)学(がく)物(ぶっ)質(しつ)があり、この中(なか)にはダイオキシンなど約(やく )200(にひゃく)種( しゅ)類(るい)もの有(ゆう)害(がい)物(ぶっ)質(しつ)、約(やく )60(ろくじゅう)種( しゅ)類(るい)の発(はつ)がん性(せい)物(ぶっ)質(しつ)が含(ふく)まれています。

     Tabako no kemuri no naka ni wa, yaku yonsen shurui no kagaku busshitsu ga ari, kono naka ni wa daiokishin nado yaku nihyaku shurui mo no yūgai busshitsu, yaku rokujū shurui no hatsugansei busshitsu ga fukumarete imasu.

     In tobacco smoke there are around 4000 kinds of chemical substances, which also include around 200 kinds of dangerous substances such as dioxins, and around 60 kinds of carcinogenic ones.