"適者生存" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [te̞kʲi̥ɕa̠ se̞ːzõ̞ɴ] Forms: 適者生存 [canonical] (ruby: (てき), (しゃ), (せい), (ぞん)), tekisha seizon [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 適(てき)者(しゃ) (tekisha, “adapted one”) + 生(せい)存(ぞん) (seizon, “survives”). Coined by Japanese biologist and zoologist Ishikawa Chiyomatsu in 1883 in his work 動物進化論 (Dōbutsu Shinkaron) as a translation of English survival of the fittest. In addition, it was translated as 適(てき)種(しゅ)生(せい)存(ぞん) (tekishu seizon) in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|適%者|てき%しゃ|生%存|せい%ぞん|t1=adapted one|t2=survives}} 適(てき)者(しゃ) (tekisha, “adapted one”) + 生(せい)存(ぞん) (seizon, “survives”), {{coinage|ja|Ishikawa Chiyomatsu|in=1883|nat=Japanese|occ=biologist|occ2=zoologist|sort=てきしゃせいぞん|w=Ishikawa Chiyomatsu}} Coined by Japanese biologist and zoologist Ishikawa Chiyomatsu in 1883, {{lang|ja|動物進化論}} 動物進化論, {{der|ja|en|survival of the fittest|sort=てきしゃせいぞん}} English survival of the fittest, {{ja-r|適%種%生%存|てき%しゅ% せい%ぞん}} 適(てき)種(しゅ)生(せい)存(ぞん) (tekishu seizon), {{lw|ja|哲学字彙|t=Philosophy Dictionary|tr=Tetsugaku Jii}} 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てきしゃ せいぞん}} 適(てき)者(しゃ)生(せい)存(ぞん) • (tekisha seizon)
  1. the survival of the fittest Wikipedia link: Inoue Tetsujirō, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, University of Tokyo, ja:適者生存 Categories (topical): Biology, Evolutionary theory Related terms: 進化 (shinka) (ruby: (しん), ()), ダーウィニズム (dāwinizumu), 自然淘汰 (shizen tōta) (ruby: (), (ぜん), (とう), ())
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