植物

しょくぶつ

Plant, vegetation

N3noun·shokubutsu

How to remember it

植 (grow) + 物 (thing) = a living growing thing; a plant.

Example sentences

  • この植物は有毒だ。

    このしょくぶつはゆうどくだ。

    This plant is poisonous.

  • 植物園に行きたい。

    しょくぶつえんにいきたい。

    I want to go to the botanical garden.

Usage

Standard formal term for plant; the natural counterpart to 動物 (animal).

Related words

動物植物園観葉植物草木

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