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顕微鏡 (けんびきょう): microscope — Japanese vocabulary

顕微鏡 is read けんびきょう and means "microscope". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

顕微鏡

Reading
けんびきょう · kembikyou
Translation
microscope
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
けんびきょうが

Example

顕微鏡と望遠鏡の違いがわかりますか。

けんびきょうとぼうえんきょうのちがいがわかりますか。

Do you know the difference between a microscope and a telescope?

Kanji in this word

  • 顕 — Appear, Existing
  • 微 — faint, minute
  • 鏡 — Mirror, Speculum, Barrel-head

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