減数分裂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
減	数	分	裂
げん Grade: 5	すう Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2	れつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
減數分裂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 減(げん)数(すう) (gensū, “decreasing in number”) + 分(ぶん)裂(れつ) (bunretsu, “division, split, breakup”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんすうぶんれつ [gèńsúú búꜜǹrètsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃sɨː bɯ̟̃n̺ɾe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

減(げん)数(すう)分(ぶん)裂(れつ) • (gensū bunretsu)

(cytology) meiosis

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “減数分裂”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here