oxygen in Japanese
oxygen in Japanese is 酸素 — oxygen means a colourless, odourless gas that makes up about a fifth of the air and is essential for humans and animals to breathe.
oxygen in Japanese
酸素
Pronounced: sanso
What does "oxygen" mean?
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noun A colourless, odourless gas that makes up about a fifth of the air and is essential for humans and animals to breathe.
"Fish take oxygen from the water through their gills."
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noun Figuratively, the conditions that let something grow or survive.
"Funding from the council gave the small theatre the oxygen it needed to survive."
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oxygen in a sentence
- Fish take oxygen from the water through their gills.
- Plants release oxygen into the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
- Funding from the council gave the small theatre the oxygen it needed to survive.
- Without fresh ideas and new members, the club will lose its oxygen and fade away.
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What is "oxygen" in Japanese?
"oxygen" in Japanese is 酸素. oxygen means: A colourless, odourless gas that makes up about a fifth of the air and is essential for humans and animals to breathe.
How do you pronounce 酸素?
"oxygen" in Japanese is 酸素, pronounced "sanso".
How do you use "oxygen" in a sentence?
Example: "Fish take oxygen from the water through their gills." In Japanese, "oxygen" is 酸素.
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