"外来種" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 外来種 [canonical] (ruby: (がい), (らい), (しゅ)), gairaishu [romanization]
Etymology: 外来(がいらい) (gairai, “foreign”) + 種(しゅ) (shu, “species”) Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|外来|がいらい|種|しゅ|t1=foreign|t2=species}} 外来(がいらい) (gairai, “foreign”) + 種(しゅ) (shu, “species”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|がいらいしゅ}} 外(がい)来(らい)種(しゅ) • (gairaishu)
  1. introduced species
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Download raw JSONL data for 外来種 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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