標本|ひょうほんhyouhon[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounspecimen; sample
- noun(classic) example; type
- noun, statisticssample
- 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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