植物 Plant

Meaning

Primary

Plant

Alternative

Vegetation

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Plant things are plants or vegetation.

Reading

しょくぶつ

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 植物が〜

  植物が育つ

  a plant grows

  植物が生える

  a plant grows

  植物がある

  there is a plant

• 植物の〜

  植物の根

  roots of a plant

  植物の葉

  leaves of a plant

  植物の花

  flowers of a plant

Context Sentences

コウイチは植物の言っている事が分かるらしい。

Apparently Koichi can understand what plants are saying.

これは、植物でできたふ葉土です。

This is mulch from the vegetation.

園芸の才能は無いけど植物を育てるのは好きなんですよ。

I don’t have a green thumb but I like to grow plants.

Kanji Composition

1. 植

   しょく Plant
2. 物

   ぶつ Thing