Word Meaning 乳酸

にゅうさん nyuusan

乳酸 is read as にゅうさん (nyuusan) and means lactic acid.

Meaning

English

lactic acid

Reading

Kana

にゅうさん

Romaji

nyuusan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 23584 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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乳酸菌

にゅうさんきん

lactic-acid bacilli

乳酸飲料

にゅうさんいんりょう

lactic-acid drink

乳酸菌飲料

にゅうさんきんいんりょう

fermented milk drink (e.g. Yakult, Calpis, Calpico)

乳酸球菌

にゅうさんきゅうきん

streptococcus

乳酸発酵

にゅうさんはっこう

lactic fermentation

ポリ乳酸

ぽりにゅうさん

polylactic acid

乳酸桿菌

にゅうさんかんきん

lactobacillus

有胞子性乳酸菌

ゆうほうしせいにゅうさんきん

Bacillus coagulans, species of lactic acid-forming Bacillus bacteria

乳房

ちぶさ

breast

乳製品

にゅうせいひん

dairy products

乳児死亡率

にゅうじしぼうりつ

infant mortality

乳児用調製粉乳

にゅうじようちょうせいふんにゅう

infant formula

Example Sentences

乳酸菌摂ってる？

Are you taking lactic acid bacilli regularly?

乳酸菌はかなりしぶとい菌で、冷凍しても単に冬眠するだけで、解凍すればそのまま復活させることができます。

Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.

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