原子力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	子	力
げん Grade: 2	し Grade: 1	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

原子 (genshi, “atom”) +‎ 力 (-ryoku, “power”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんし​りょく [gèńshíꜜryòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕiɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

原(げん)子(し)力(りょく) • (genshiryoku) 

1. nuclear power; atomic power
   • [2014 June 6 [2014 April 23], Kazuto Tatsuta, “《第零話》ご安全に！ [«Chapter 0» For Safety!]”, in いちえふ 福島第一原子力発電所労働記, 2nd edition, volume 2, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 6:

     東(とう)京(きょう)電(でん)力(りょく)福(ふく)島(しま)第(だい)一(いち)原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)発(はつ)電(でん)所(しょ)で働(はたら)いている

     Tōkyō Denryoku Fukushima Daīchi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho de hataraiteiru

     I work at Tokyo Electric’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Derived terms

• 国(こく)際(さい)原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)機(き)関(かん) (Kokusai Genshiryoku Kikan, “IAEA”)
• 原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)潜(せん)水(すい)艦(かん) (genshiryoku sensuikan, “nuclear-powered submarine”)
• 原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)船(せん) (genshiryokusen, “nuclear-powered ship”)
• 原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)発(はつ)電(でん) (genshiryoku hatsuden, “nuclear power generation”)
• 原(げん)子(し)力(りょく)発(はつ)電(でん)所(しょ) (genshiryoku hatsudensho, “nuclear power station”)