標本|ひょうほんhyouhon[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounspecimen; sample
    これらの標本ひょうほんはいくつかの種類しゅるいに分類ぶんるいされる。↗
    These specimens are divided into several categories.
  2. noun(classic) example; type
  3. noun, statisticssample
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym見本みほんNeutralA sample shown so buyers can judge the goods, e.g. 「商品の見本」; also a model to imitate. 「標本」 is mostly for biological or statistical research.
  • Synonym検体けんたいNeutralThe object examined or analyzed, such as blood or urine; used outside medicine too. 「標本」 usually means a specimen prepared and preserved.
  • Synonym試料しりょうWrittenIn written usage, a substance supplied for tests or analysis, as in chemical analysis. 「標本」 mostly means biological specimens or statistical samples.
  • SynonymサンプルNeutralA loanword for product samples and trial or free items, also statistical samples. 「標本」 leans academic and usually means a prepared specimen.
  • Related代表だいひょうNeutralA representative person or thing, or a typical instance. 「標本」 centers on physical specimens but can also figuratively mark a typical example.
  • Related代表例だいひょうれいNeutralA typical example that best represents its group or kind. 「標本」 can also mean a typical example, as in 「〇〇の標本」, besides its sense of a physical specimen.
  • Related試験片しけんへんWrittenWritten engineering term for a small piece of material specially made or cut from actual machinery for strength and similar tests. 「標本」 is broader.

For preserved biological specimens and statistical samples, use 「標本」; it can also mean a typical example. Product samples are 「見本」 or 「サンプル」; something sent for testing is 「検体」; a chemical test sample is 「試料」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 適当てきとうな処理しょりを施ほどこし保存ほぞんされた動植物どうしょくぶつ・鉱物こうぶつなどの実物じつぶつ。
  2. 見本みほん。代表的だいひょうてきなもの。
  3. 統計とうけいで、全体ぜんたいの中なかから一部いちぶを抜き出ぬきだした個個ここの資料しりょう。
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