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Meaning of 捕食 in Japanese
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捕食
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Kana Readingほしょく
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Romajihoshoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- predation; eating prey; preying upon
- Example sentence
- 例えばベルベットモンキーは、輪を描いて飛ぶワシがいるとある種の呼びかけを用いるようになる。ワシはサルを捕食するのだ。 For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
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Examples of 捕食, ほしょく in a sentence
Kanji in this word
捕
JLPT 3
10 strokes
catch, capture
On'Yomi: ホ
Kun'Yomi: と.らえる, と.らわれる, と.る, とら.える, とら.われる, つか.まえる, つか.まる