解剖

かいぼう

dissection, autopsy

What does 解剖 mean?

解剖 is a Japanese noun meaning dissection, autopsy in English. It is written as 解剖 in kanji, かいぼう in hiragana, and kaibou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

死体解剖の結果、絞殺と判明しました。

The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.