"潜性" meaning in Japanese

See 潜性 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː] Forms: 潜性 [canonical] (ruby: 潜(せん), 性(せい)), sensei [romanization], せんせい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”). Compare 潜在(せんざい) (senzai). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|潜|せん|性|せい|t1=latent|t2=nature}} 潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”), {{ja-r|潜在|せんざい}} 潜在(せんざい) (senzai) Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんせい|hhira=せんせい}} 潜(せん)性(せい) • (sensei) ^(←せんせい (sensei)?)
  1. (biology, genetics) recessiveness
    Sense id: en-潜性-ja-noun-~TVxjB9v Categories (other): Biology, Genetics, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 72 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-潜性-ja-noun-ek6Ds5sV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (until 2017): 劣性 (ressei) (ruby: 劣性(れっせい)) (english: recessiveness)
Disambiguation of 'until 2017': 0 0
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "dominance",
      "roman": "yūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優性",
          "ゆうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "until 2017",
      "word": "優性"
    },
    {
      "english": "dominance, apparency",
      "roman": "kensei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "顕性",
          "けんせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "since 2017",
      "word": "顕性"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "潜",
        "2": "せん",
        "3": "性",
        "4": "せい",
        "t1": "latent",
        "t2": "nature"
      },
      "expansion": "潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "潜在",
        "2": "せんざい"
      },
      "expansion": "潜在(せんざい) (senzai)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”). Compare 潜在(せんざい) (senzai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "潜性",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "潜",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんせい",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんせい",
        "hhira": "せんせい"
      },
      "expansion": "潜(せん)性(せい) • (sensei) ^(←せんせい (sensei)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "ja:Biology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Genetics",
          "orig": "ja:Genetics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "recessiveness"
      ],
      "id": "en-潜性-ja-noun-~TVxjB9v",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "recessiveness",
          "recessiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, genetics) recessiveness"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "latency, hiddenness, invisibility"
      ],
      "id": "en-潜性-ja-noun-ek6Ds5sV",
      "links": [
        [
          "latency",
          "latency"
        ],
        [
          "hiddenness",
          "hiddenness"
        ],
        [
          "invisibility",
          "invisibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんせー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "recessiveness",
      "roman": "ressei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "劣性",
          "れっせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "until 2017",
      "word": "劣性"
    }
  ],
  "word": "潜性"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "dominance",
      "roman": "yūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "優性",
          "ゆうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "until 2017",
      "word": "優性"
    },
    {
      "english": "dominance, apparency",
      "roman": "kensei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "顕性",
          "けんせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "since 2017",
      "word": "顕性"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "潜",
        "2": "せん",
        "3": "性",
        "4": "せい",
        "t1": "latent",
        "t2": "nature"
      },
      "expansion": "潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "潜在",
        "2": "せんざい"
      },
      "expansion": "潜在(せんざい) (senzai)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 潜(せん) (sen, “latent”) + 性(せい) (sei, “nature”). Compare 潜在(せんざい) (senzai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "潜性",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "潜",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんせい",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんせい",
        "hhira": "せんせい"
      },
      "expansion": "潜(せん)性(せい) • (sensei) ^(←せんせい (sensei)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Biology",
        "ja:Genetics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "recessiveness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "recessiveness",
          "recessiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, genetics) recessiveness"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "latency, hiddenness, invisibility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "latency",
          "latency"
        ],
        [
          "hiddenness",
          "hiddenness"
        ],
        [
          "invisibility",
          "invisibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんせー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "recessiveness",
      "roman": "ressei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "劣性",
          "れっせい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "until 2017",
      "word": "劣性"
    }
  ],
  "word": "潜性"
}

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