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Zach

系統

Reading

Kana: けいとう
Romaji: keitou
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Definitions

1

system

2

lineage; ancestry; family line

3

group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought)

4

close (evolutionary) relationship

5

a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)

Kanji

Reading: ケイ
Meanings: lineage, system
Readings: トウ、 す.べる、 ほび.る
Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing

Example Sentences

電気(でんき)系統(けいとう)欠点(けってん)があります。
➥There is a fault in the electrical system.
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(かれ)系統(けいとう)()った調査(ちょうさ)(おこな)うことにした。
➥He decided to perform systematic research.
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個体(こたい)発生(はっせい)系統(けいとう)発生(はっせい)()(かえ)す。
➥Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
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システムのこの予測(よそく)されなかった機能(きのう)不全(ふぜん)不適切(ふてきせつ)配線(はいせん)系統(けいとう)によって()()こされた。
➥This unexpected malfunctioning of the system was caused by improper wiring.
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