植物人間

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
  • (Tokyo) しょくぶつに​んげん [shòkúbútsú níꜜǹgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ ɲ̟ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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

  1. person in a vegetative state

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