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放射能 (ほうしゃのう): radioactivity — Japanese vocabulary

放射能 is read ほうしゃのう and means "radioactivity". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

放射能

Reading
ほうしゃのう · houshanou
Translation
radioactivity
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ほうしゃのうが

Example

放射能が原子力発電所から漏れた。

ほうしゃのうがげんしりょくはつでんしょからもれた。

The radioactivity leaked out of the nuclear power plant.

Kanji in this word

  • 放 — release, free
  • 射 — shoot, inject
  • 能 — ability, skill

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