自然史(しぜんし)

しぜんし
noun
natural history
1. natural history
The study and description of the natural world — animals, plants, minerals, and their history — especially through observation and classification.
自然史(しぜんし)に興味(きょうみ)がある。
I am interested in natural history.
その博物館(はくぶつかん)は自然史(しぜんし)の展示(てんじ)が充実(じゅうじつ)している。
That museum has an extensive natural history exhibit.
恐竜(きょうりゅう)の化石(かせき)は自然史(しぜんし)博物館(はくぶつかん)の人気(にんき)展示(てんじ)の一(ひと)つだ。
Dinosaur fossils are one of the popular exhibits at natural history museums.

Composed of 自然(しぜん) (nature) + 史(し) (history). Covers the descriptive study of the natural world, including animals, plants, rocks, and fossils.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 自然史(しぜんし)博物館(はくぶつかん): a natural history museum
  • 自然史(しぜんし)の研究(けんきゅう): natural history research

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 博物学(はくぶつがく): natural history — a near-synonym, especially for the older field of collecting and classifying specimens
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