Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
ドロセラ・ロトゥンディフォリア、すなわちモウセンゴケ。
Number of insects captured—Description of the leaves and their appendages or tentacles— Preliminary sketch of the action of the various parts, and of the manner in which insects are captured—Duration of the inflection of the tentacles—Nature of the secretion—Manner in which insects are carried to the centre of the leaf—Evidence that the glands have the power of absorption—Small size of the roots.
捕獲された昆虫の数——葉およびその付属器官すなわち触手の描写——各部の働きと昆虫が捕獲される様式についての予備的概説——触手の屈曲の持続時間——分泌物の性質——昆虫が葉の中央へ運ばれる様式——腺が吸収能力を持つという証拠——根の小ささ。
Vocabulary
- 、
- (読点) toten — Japanese comma, used to separate clauses
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is to say; namely; in other words
- 。
- (句点) kuten — Japanese period; marks end of a sentence
- 捕獲
- hokaku — Capture; act of catching or trapping something
- された
- sareta — Was done; passive past tense auxiliary verb
- 昆虫
- konchuu — Insect; small six-legged arthropod animal
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle indicating relation
- 数
- kazu — Number; count; quantity of something
- 葉
- ha — Leaf; flat green part of a plant
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; in addition to
- その
- sono — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- 付属
- fuzoku — Attached; appendage; affiliated or supplementary part
- 器官
- kikan — Organ; body part with a specific function
- 触手
- shokushu — Tentacle; elongated flexible appendage used for sensing
- 描写
- byousha — Description; depiction; portrayal of something in detail
- 各部
- kakubu — Each part; every section or portion
- 働き
- hataraki — Function; action; role or operation of something
- と
- to — And; with; particle connecting nouns or clauses
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle indicating grammatical subject
- される
- sareru — Is done; passive form of the verb suru
- 様式
- youshiki — Style; manner; mode or form of something
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a topic or subject
- 予備的
- yobiteki — Preliminary; preparatory; introductory in nature
- 概説
- gaisetsu — Outline; general overview or summary of topic
- 屈曲
- kukkyoku — Bending; curving; flexion of a structure
- 持続
- jizoku — Continuation; duration; lasting or sustaining something
- 時間
- jikan — Time; hours; duration of a period
- 分泌物
- bunpitsubutsu — Secretion; substance produced and released by glands
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature; character; property or quality of something
- 中央
- chuuou — Center; middle; central part of something
- へ
- he — To; toward; directional particle indicating movement
- 運ばれる
- hakobareru — Is carried; transported; conveyed to a place
- 腺
- sen — Gland; organ that produces and secretes substances
- 吸収
- kyuushuu — Absorption; taking in or assimilating something
- 能力
- nouryoku — Ability; capacity; power to do something
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating grammatical object
- 持つ
- motsu — To have; to hold; to possess something
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; that says or indicates
- 証拠
- shougo — Evidence; proof; grounds supporting a claim
- 根
- ne — Root; underground part of a plant
- 小さ
- chisa — Small; little; diminutive size (stem form)
- さ
- sa — Suffix indicating degree or state of adjective
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