自然発生

しぜんはっせい

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
2. natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

Kanji

• 自 self. Read as シ.
• 然 -ly. Read as ゼン.
• 発 emit. Read as ハツ.
• 生 life. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 干し草に自然発生的に火がついた。
  A spontaneous fire started in the hay.

Words containing 自然発生

• 自然発生説 (しぜんはっせいせつ) theory of spontaneous generation

Word lists

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