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繁殖 (はんしょく): breed, multiply, propagation — Japanese vocabulary

繁殖 is read はんしょく and means "breed, multiply, propagation". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

繁殖

Reading
はんしょく · hanshoku
Translation
breed, multiply, propagation
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はんしょくが

Example

バクテリアはアルコールの中では繁殖しない。

バクテリアはアルコールのなかでははんしょくしない。

Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

Kanji in this word

  • 繁 — flourish, busy
  • 殖 — Augment, Increase, Multiply

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