細菌さいきん (saikin)

bacillus, bacterium, germ

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 0
  • #10537 most frequent
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Meaning

細菌 (さいきん, saikin) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “bacillus, bacterium, germ”.

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Example sentences 12

つちなかにはたくさんの 細菌さいきんがいます

There are a lot of organisms in the soil.

細菌の大きさは1ミクロンないし数ミクロンだ。

Bacteria are between one and several microns large.

浄水器は濾過の過程で塩素をすべて取り去ってしまうため、濾過した瞬間から水は腐敗の危険にさらされる。さらに心配なことに、濾過材に残った水から大量に細菌が繁殖するといった問題が報道された。

Because water purifiers remove all the chlorine in the purification process, from the moment it's been purified, there's a risk the water will get contaminated (literally: rot). What's even more worrisome, bacteria can multiply in the water left in the (purification) fixtures, according to media reports.

細菌により作られる。

it is made by a bacterium.