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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

尿

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nyō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Urine/ˈjʊə.ɹɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"健康診断のために尿検査を行います。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra, containing excess water and waste products filtered from the blood by the kidneys.

    "A routine medical checkup often requires a sample of urine to test for various health conditions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'urina', which relates to the Greek 'ouron' (urine) and the Proto-Indo-European root '*h₃ewgʰ-' (to moisten or flow). It entered Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, retaining its primary medical and biological reference to the aqueous fluid produced by the kidneys.

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