N2404/1725

系けい統とう

nounnoun (generic)

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けいとう

Meanings

system
lineage, ancestry, family line
group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)
close (evolutionary) relationship
a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

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Example sentences

この電車でんしゃは東西線とうざいせん系統けいとうに属ぞくしています。

This train belongs to the Tozai Line system.

彼女かのじょは古ふるい家系かけいの系統けいとうを引ひいている。

She descends from an old family lineage.

この研究所けんきゅうじょでは新あたらしい細菌さいきんの系統けいとうを発見はっけんした。

This research institute discovered a new bacterial strain.

暖色だんしょく系統けいとうの色いろを使つかうと、部屋へやが温あたたかく見みえる。

Using warm-toned colors makes a room look warmer.

ロマンス語ご系統けいとうの言語げんごには、スペイン語ごやフランス語ごなどが含ふくまれる。

The Romance language family includes languages such as Spanish and French.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)