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元素

原素

Reading

Kana: げんそ
Romaji: genso
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Definition

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chemical element

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Example Sentences

(てつ)酸素(さんそ)元素(げんそ)である。
➥Iron and oxygen are elements.
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(かれ)らはそれが(あたら)しい元素(げんそ)(ちが)いないと(しん)じました。
➥They believed that it must be a new element.
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元素(げんそ)記号(きごう)Hは水素(すいそ)をあらわす。
➥The chemical symbol H expresses hydrogen.
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