Word details

媒介

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 媒介.

Dictionary

Entry

媒介いかいNounFreq #19273
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission

Examples
マラリアは蚊が媒介する。
Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.
3

Philosophy

mediation (in Hegelianism)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

mediator, go-between

12 strokesFrequency 1,900JLPT N1Grade 8

On

バイ

Kun

なこうど

jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with

4 strokesFrequency 617JLPT N2Grade 8

On

カイ

Nanori

すけゆき

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