noun, takes する

  1. mediation, agency, serving as a medium, acting as an intermediary, acting as a go-between.
  2. carrying (germs, diseases, etc.), transmission.

noun

Messages.phil. Term used by Hegel.
  1. mediation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
媒介 ばいかい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mediator, go-between
バイ なこうど (9th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
so-and-so, one, a certain
ボウ それがし なにがし (8th, N1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
jammed in, shellfish, mediate
カイ すけ ゆき (7th, N2)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ