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細菌 (さいきん): bacillus, bacterium, germ — Japanese vocabulary

細菌 is read さいきん and means "bacillus, bacterium, germ". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

細菌

Reading
さいきん · saikin
Translation
bacillus, bacterium, germ
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
さいきんが

Example

細菌は小さすぎて我々の眼には見えない。

さいきんはちいさすぎてわれわれのめにはみえない。

Germs are too tiny for our eyes to see.

Kanji in this word

  • 細 — thin, fine
  • 菌 — germ, fungus

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