🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

生態系

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seitaikei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ecosystem/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"自然の生態系を守ることが重要です。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

    "Pollution can have a devastating effect on the fragile ecosystem of the lake."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'oikos' meaning house or dwelling place and 'systema' meaning a connected whole or system. Coined in 1935 by the British ecologist Arthur Tansley, the term originally described the interacting system of biological organisms and their physical environment.

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