被験者

ひけんしゃ

Also written 被検者

Meanings

1. Noun subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee
2. examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)

Kanji

• 被 suffer. Read as ヒ.
• 験 trial. Read as ケン.
• 者 person. Read as シャ.

Example sentences

• その主な理由は、被験者たちが近道の可能性をまったく意識していなかったことである。
  The main reason is that the subjects were totally unaware of the possibility of shortcuts.
• 被験者は無作為に抽出された。
  The people for the experiment were chosen at random.

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