単細胞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
単	細	胞
たん Grade: 4	さい Grade: 2	ほう > ぼう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
單細胞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たんさいぼー [tàńsáꜜìbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃sa̠ibo̞ː]

Noun

単(たん)細(さい)胞(ぼう) • (tansaibō) ^{←たんさいばう (tansaibau)^?}

(biology, attributively) single-celled, unicellular, monocellular
(figuratively) a simpleminded person, a one-track minded person

Antonyms

多(た)細(さい)胞(ぼう) (tasaibō)

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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN