Word Meaning 生理

せいり seiri

生理 is read as せいり (seiri) and means physiology.

Meaning

English

  1. physiology
  2. menstruation
  3. one's period
  4. menses

Reading

Kana

せいり

Romaji

seiri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Related Words 月経,月の物,下り物,メンス,月事,ナプキン,タンポン, Rank 4605 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

生理学

せいりがく

physiology

生理的

せいりてき

physiological

衛生管理

えいせいかんり

hygiene management

病態生理学

びょうたいせいりがく

pathophysiology

生死

しょうじ

death

生け花

いけばな

fresh flower

生業

すぎあい

livelihood

生物

せいぶつ

biology

生地

きじ

skin with no make-up

生き物

いきもの

living thing

生計

せいけい

livelihood

Example Sentences

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My period hasn't come.

I don't menstruate.

I have bad cramps when I have my period.

My menstrual cramps have been horrible lately.

I'm instinctively bad with children and infants.

I'm feeling really grumpy. I guess it's PMS.

To say that a cat is instinctively averse to water means that it is the cat's natural reaction towards it.

Could it be that her prickly attitude is just because she has period pains? No, couldn't be.

My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use.

I'm often told that sleeping right after eating is bad for me, but then I think, isn't it built into our physiology that we get sleepy after eating?