植物人間

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
植 物 人 間
しょく
Grade: 3 		ぶつ
Grade: 3 		にん
Grade: 1 		けん > げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 植物 (shokubutsu, “plant”) +‎ 人間 (ningen, “human being”). Compare Chinese 植物人 (zhíwùrén).

Pronunciation

Noun

植(しょく)物(ぶつ)人(にん)間(げん) • (shokubutsu ningen) 

  1. (slang) person in a vegetative state

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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