Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Phoenix

Whether it's bad or good, I've learnt a new word in japanese:
原子力発電所 (げんしりょくはつでんしょ genshiryokuhatsudensho)
Nuclear power plant.

As a curiosity:
原子 (げんし genshi) is atom.
力 (りょく ryoku) means power.
発 (はつ hatsu) means something like 'to begin' 'to start'.
電 (でん den) is from denki, electricity.
(しょ sho) comes from 'basho', place.
So, genshiryokuhatsudensho is, obviously a place where electricity is created out of atoms!

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