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Meaning of 原発(げんぱつ) in Japanese

原発
Kana Reading
げんぱつ
Romaji
genpatsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation
    Example sentence
    村人たちは原発反対の陳情をした。 The villagers petitioned against the nuclear power plant.
  • Parts of speech
    nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
    Example sentence
    最近の原発事故に関して、大統領は特別に声明を出した。 The president made special remarks with reference accident in the nuclear reactor.

Examples of 原発, げんぱつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

原 JLPT 3

10 strokes

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

On'Yomi: ゲン

Kun'Yomi: はら

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発 JLPT 4

9 strokes

departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

On'Yomi: ハツ, ホツ

Kun'Yomi: た.つ, あば.く, おこ.る, つか.わす, はな.つ

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