螺旋
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 螺 | 旋 |
Etymology [edit]
Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Mandarin 螺旋 (luóxuán).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
螺旋 (hiragana らせん, romaji rasen)
Derived terms [edit]
- 螺旋階段 (らせんかいだん, rasen kaidan): a spiral staircase
- 螺旋形 (らせんけい, rasenkei): a helix or spiral shape
- 螺旋状 (らせんじょう, rasenjō): a helix or spiral shape
- 螺旋状菌 (らせんじょうきん, rasenjō kin): a spirillum (a spiral-shaped bacterium)
- 螺旋推進機 (らせんすいしんき, rasen suishinki): a screw (as for a ship or boat; obsolete, replaced by propellers)
- 螺旋水揚機 (らせんみずあげき, rasen mizu-age ki): an Archimedes screw, a screw-shaped water pump
References [edit]
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
