Word details

産卵

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

Dictionary

Entry

産卵んらんNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #40873
1

egg-laying; spawning

Examples
鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

11 strokesFrequency 161JLPT N3Grade 4

On

サン

Kun

う.むう.まれるうぶ-む.す

Nanori

もと

egg, ovum, spawn, roe

7 strokesFrequency 1,342JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ラン

Kun

たまご

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