食物連鎖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	物	連	鎖
しょく Grade: 2	もつ Grade: 3	れん Grade: 4	さ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

食物 (shokumotsu, “foodstuff”) +‎ 連鎖 (rensa, “chain”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しょくもつれんさ [shòkúmótsú réꜜǹsà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝmo̞t͡sɨᵝ ɾẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠]

Noun

食物連鎖 (hiragana しょくもつれんさ, rōmaji shokumotsu rensa)

(ecology) a food chain

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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