げんしょう
Meanings
Noun
1. phenomenon
Pitch accent
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んしょう
Composed of
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
Used in vocabulary (69 in total)
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
psychic phenomenon
physical phenomenon
mysterious phenomenon; weird phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
social phenomenon
phenomenology
the phenomenal world
supernatural phenomenon
aging process; ageing process
mental phenomenon; psychological phenomenon
heat island phenomenon; heat island effect
astronomical phenomenon; celestial event
physical phenomenon
strange phenomenon
föhn phenomenon; foehn phenomenon
Brocken spectre; Brocken bow
regression to an earlier stage (e.g. infantile)
doughnut effect (exodus of residents from city centers to the suburbs); donut effect
albinism; chlorosis; bleaching (of coral)
albinism; chlorosis; bleaching (of coral)
phenomenology; phenomenalism
precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings
atmospheric optical phenomenon
atmospheric optical phenomenon
La Niña phenomenon
side effect; concomitant
capillary phenomenon
Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore
Proustian memory (involuntary memory triggered by a smell); Proust effect; Proust phenomenon
doughnut effect (exodus of residents from city centers to the suburbs); donut effect
phenomenological reduction
creep (of an automatic-transmission vehicle); idle creep
hollowing-out phenomenon
interfacial phenomenon; surface phenomenon
yellow sand phenomenon (dust carried on high winds from China)
phenomenal consciousness
Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports
phi phenomenon (optical illusion)
Liesegang phenomenon; Liesegang ring
psi phenomena
seatbelt submarining (sliding under a seatbelt during a collision); seat belt submarining
seasonal (weather) phenomenon
frogification phenomenon; developing an aversion to someone one had feelings for once that person reciprocates those feelings; disillusionment upon noticing negative qualities in a romantic partner
dawn phenomenon; dawn effect
Phenomenological Association of Japan
Examples (9 in total)
The same phenomenon has been observed.
An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
Lightning is an electrical phenomenon.