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JLPT N1 · Noun

分子 (bunshi)

分子 (ぶんし, bunshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “molecule”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ぶんし
Romaji
bunshi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. molecule · noun
  2. numerator · noun
  3. element (of a group); member · noun
  4. particle · noun

Example sentences

水分子は、２個の水素原子と１個の酸素原子からなる。
A water molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Tatoeba #143630
これらの２つの分子が異なったスピードで動いていることを示すだけでは不十分である。
It is not enough to show that these two particles are moving at different speeds.
Tatoeba #218000

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 分子

分
part, minute of time, segmentブン・フン・わ.ける・わ.け · 4 strokes
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AMシ・ス・こ・-こ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 分子.

分ふんminute (unit of time)自分じぶんmyself多分たぶんprobably半分はんぶんhalf分かるわかるto understand気分きぶんfeeling随分ずいぶんvery十分じゅうぶんenough大分だいぶconsiderably分ぶんpart余分よぶんextra部分ぶぶんportion分析ぶんせきanalysis分野ぶんやfield

Source: JMdict entry 1503630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.