自然界|しぜんかいshizenkai

Common
Definitions
  1. nounnature; the natural world; realm of nature
    1つの種たねが絶滅ぜつめつするたびに、我々われわれは自然界しぜんかいの一部いちぶを永久えいきゅうに失うしなうことになる。↗
    Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym大自然だいしぜんNeutralCarries a sense of awe and praise for nature, as in 「大自然の恵み」; 「自然界」 is the objective, academic term.
  • SynonymネイチャーNeutralA loanword for nature, often in magazine titles and brand names and also in nature conservation; lighter in feel than 「自然界」.
  • Antonym人工環境じんこうかんきょうNeutralA man-made environment — cities, indoor spaces — standing opposite the natural 「自然界」.

Use 「自然界」 for the natural world in an objective, academic sense, as in 「自然界の法則」 or 「自然界に存在しない」. For nature tinged with awe, say 「大自然」; the loanword 「ネイチャー」 is lighter; the opposite is 「人工環境」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 天地てんちにある万物ばんぶつが存在そんざいする範囲はんい。
  2. 人間にんげんを除のぞく天体てんたいや動植物どうしょくぶつなど人間にんげんの社会しゃかいを取り巻とりまく世界せかい。
  3. 人間にんげんを含ふくむ生物せいぶつを除のぞいた物理的ぶつりてきな世界せかい。
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