花粉 (kafun)

pollen

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

花粉 (かふん, kafun) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “pollen”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

みつばちはたくさんの花粉を集めます。

Honeybees collect a lot of pollen.

花粉症は完治が難しい一方、予防はしやすい。

Although (literally: While) pollen allergies are hard to cure completely, they are easy to prevent.

原因となる花粉の飛ぶ季節にだけ症状があります。

A condition caused by seasonal pollen in the air.

花粉症の薬は、眠くなるからそれだけ効くというわけではありません。

It's not true of pollen allergy drugs that the sleepier they make you, the more effective they are.