No. 2,621 in Japanese
接種
Vaccination or inoculation.
In a sentence
私は先週インフルエンザの予防接種を受けました。
I got the influenza vaccine last week.
The word '接種' is used here to refer to receiving a vaccine, specifically for preventing influenza. It functions as part of the phrase '予防接種', meaning 'preventive vaccination'.
彼女は初めてCOVID-19ワクチンを接種しました。
She received her first COVID-19 vaccination.
In this sentence, '接種' is used directly to mean the act of receiving a vaccination, emphasizing the action of getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
新しく開発されたワクチンを接種する人が増えています。
The number of people receiving the newly developed vaccine is increasing.
Here, '接種' represents the ongoing process of people receiving a vaccine, focusing on the act of vaccination and its societal impact.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “接種” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “接種” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).