菌|きんkin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfungus
2. noungerm; bacterium; bacillus

• Synonym菌類きんるいWrittenWritten/formal prose. In biology, the taxonomic group covering mushrooms, molds and the like; 「菌」 in everyday speech also means bacteria and germs.
• Synonym真菌しんきんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to fungi such as molds and yeasts, set apart from bacteria; 「菌」 is the broader everyday term.
• Synonym真菌類しんきんるいFormalFormal. A biological term for the eukaryotic fungi—molds, mushrooms, yeasts; 「菌」 is broader, taking in bacteria as well.

In daily life 「菌」 covers bacteria and germs, as in 「乳酸菌」 and 「雑菌」. For the biological group of mushrooms and molds use 「菌類」; for the nucleated fungi distinguished from bacteria, 「真菌」 (or formal 「真菌類」).

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1. （キン）菌類きんるい。
2. （キン）細菌さいきん。