Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
淡色黒ボク土
English translation:
light-colored andosol
Added to glossary by
Philip Ronan
Mar 14, 2003 13:39
21 yrs ago
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Japanese term
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淡色黒ボク土
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Environment & Ecology
environment
A type of soil. This is from a paper about the environmental impact of lead-free solder.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | andosoil |
cinefil
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| 5 | kuroboku soils |
jsl (X)
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Proposed translations
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andosoil
黒ボク土：andosoil
淡色；still checking
淡色；still checking
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone who contributed. I'm going with "light-colored andosol" because I couldn't find any references that described kuroboku soil(s) in this way."
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kuroboku soils
"kuroboku soils" are more frequently used than "andosoil". In Google, there are 83 sites that use "kuroboku" itself, and there are 8 sites that use "kuroboku soils", whereas only 8 sites use "andosoil"
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