いんせい

I

[陰性] ¶→陰性の

II

[陰棲， 陰栖] ¶→陰棲する (陰栖する)

院政
government by cloistered emperors
院生
graduate student
陰性
negative
陰晴
unsettled (fine & cloudy) weather
殷盛
prosperity
隕星
meteor
falling star
隠棲
隠栖
secluded life

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I

いんせい【陰性】

¶ → 陰性の

II

いんせい【陰棲， 陰栖】

¶ → 陰棲する (陰栖する)

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I

いんせい【院生】

〔大学院生〕 a graduate [postgraduate] student; 〔日本棋院の在籍者〕 a trainee at the Nihon Kiin [Japan Go Organization]; 〔少年院の在籍者〕 an inmate of a reform school [《英》 a community home].

II

いんせい【院政】

government by a retired emperor; the rule of a cloistered emperor; a cloister government.

●前社長は表には出ないが, 実質的には院政をしいている. The previous president doesn't come out in the open, but he is actually pulling the strings behind the scenes. | The old boss doesn't show his face in public, but he is the one who is really doing the backseat driving.

III

いんせい【陰性】

negativity.

●陰性の negative; minus; 【電】 electronegative; 〔病気が〕 dormant; atonic; 〔性格が〕 gloomy; dismal

・このごろのバラエティー番組では, 弱者をだしにする陰性の笑いばかり目立つ. The outstanding feature of recent TV variety shows is the absence of any laughter except sick laughter at the expense of the weak.

●妊娠反応テストの結果は陰性であった. The result of the pregnancy test was negative.

・この子は, ツベルクリン反応が陰性だ. She showed a negative reaction to the tuberculin test. | Her reaction to the tuberculin test was negative.

・その分析器を使うと, 菌の陰性陽性がたちどころに判定できる. This machine can judge immediately whether a bacterium is present or absent. | Using this apparatus will give an immediate positive or negative analysis for a bacterium.

陰性元素 【化】 an electronegative [a negative] element.

陰性後電位 【生理】 negative after-potential.

陰性コレラ dormant cholera.

陰性電気緊張 【生理】 negative electrotonus.

陰性変時作用 【生理】 negative chronotropic action.

陰性変力作用 【生理】 negative inotropic action.

IV

いんせい【隕星】

＝いんせき³.

V

いんせい【隠棲】

a secluded life; a life of seclusion.

～する live in seclusion; retire.

●彼は晩年には隠棲して, 学問に専念した. Retreating into seclusion in later life, he devoted himself to study.

●彼女はこの村を老後の隠棲の地と決めた. She chose this village as the place to retire to in her old age.