生物

せいぶつ

living thing, organism

Also:biology

What does 生物 mean?

生物 is a Japanese noun meaning living thing, organism in English. It can also be translated as biology depending on context. It is written as 生物 in kanji, せいぶつ in hiragana, and seibutsu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

地球以外の天体に生物はいますか。

Is there life on other worlds?