サーキュレーション

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English circulation.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) サーキュレーション [sàákyúréꜜèshòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ːkʲɨɾe̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

Noun

サーキュレーション • (sākyurēshon) 

1. (medicine, anatomy) circulation (the movement of blood in the circulatory system)
2. circulation, distribution (the number of units of an item (copies of a newspaper, etc.) delivered to customers)

Synonyms

• (circulation of blood): 循環(じゅんかん) (junkan)
• (units distributed): 流通(りゅうつう) (ryūtsū), 発行部数(はっこうぶすう) (hakkōbusū)