Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ろん
Grade: 6
ぶつ
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
がく
Grade: 1
kan'on
Alternative spelling
理論物理學 (kyūjitai)
 理論物理学 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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理論 (riron, theory) +‎ 物理学 (butsurigaku, physics)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ろんぶつりがく [rìróń bútsúríꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [6])
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲiɾõ̞m bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɾʲiɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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()(ろん)(ぶつ)()(がく) (riron butsurigaku

  1. (physics) theoretical physics
    • 2009 March 30 [2004 January 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 30(サーティ) ()(げん)(フォー) SAILOR(セーラー) URANUS(ウラヌス) (てん)(おう)はるか SAILOR(セーラー) NEPTUNE(ネプチューン) (かい)(おう)みちる [Act 30: Infinity 4: SAILOR URANUS Ten’ō Haruka and SAILOR NEPTUNE Kaiō Michiru]”, in 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラー(SAILOR)ムーン(MOON) (美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラー(SAILOR)ムーン(MOON)) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 6th edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 235:
      ()(がく)()(いち)(ねん)()()(ぶつ)()(がっ)()()(ろん)(ぶつ)()(がく)(せん)(こう) (めい)(おう)せつなです よろしく
      Rigakubu ichinen kiso butsurigakka riron butsurigaku senkō Meiō Setsuna desu Yoroshiku
      I’m studying theoretical physics for my first year of basic physics at the Faculty of Natural Science. My name’s Meiō Setsuna. Nice to meet you.