脳細胞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脳 細 胞
のう
Grade: 6 		さい
Grade: 2 		ほう > ぼう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
腦細胞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

脳(のう) (nō, “brain”) + 細(さい)胞(ぼう) (saibō, “cell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のーさいぼー [nòósáꜜìbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [no̞ːsa̠ibo̞ː]

Noun

脳(のう)細(さい)胞(ぼう) • (nōsaibō) 

  1. (cytology) brain cell
  2. (colloquial) neuron

References

  1. ^ 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
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