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59 大腸菌 E. Coli

Alternative Meanings

Escherichia Coli, E Coli

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

だいちょうきん

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

大腸菌を美少女に擬人化させたカードアプリ・ゲームがあります。

There’s a card app game that personifies E. Coli as a beautiful woman.

Meaning Explanation

Remember how you learned that 大腸 means "large intestines?" Well when you get bacteria in there you end up with E. Coli. Go to a doctor right away! You're gonna be stuck in the bathroom for a while. Sorry...

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

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