Meaning

Primary

Implantation

Alternatives

Burial, Embedding

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

You bury things into people who look like they've died. It's called implantation. They're not really dead though. This is surgery and they'll wake up and go about their lives with whatever that thing was that you put in them.

Reading

まいぼつ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You didn't learn this reading for yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

Wait that's not a person you're embedding things into. It's a bunch of mice (まい). I guess that's okay. Just don't go putting the mice into people. That's... don't cross that line.

Context

Context Sentences

整形手術で二重の埋没手術をしました。

I had double eyelids surgically implanted with plastic surgery.

Kanji Composition