Hataraku saibou

I've just started the anime and it seems quite fun to watch! My challenge is to watch it in Japanese, with no subtitle, and it is very hard since it introduces some very specific vocabulary. Let's learn some, and see if we can notice these words in future episodes!

Concepts

免疫

めんえき

Immunity

免疫力が低下してる
the immune system is compromisedep. 1, 8:14

感染

かんせん

Infection

奴らはウイルスに感染している
These guys are infected by a virusep. 3, 4:48

変異

へんい

Mutation, variation

Ａ型は内部では変異型が多く
Type A features numerous internal mutationsep. 3, 20:52

栄養分

えいようぶん

Nutrient (栄養素 might be more common)

栄養分の塊を溶かしているんだ
It's disolving lumps of nutrientsep. 4, 2:13

消化

しょうか

Digestion

食べ物ってこんなふうに消化されるですね
So that's how food is digestedep. 4, 2:38

細胞

さいぼう

Cell

Well, you guessed it from the title of the show :). It seems that most cells, have a name that ends with that word. Since it forms a compound noun, the pitch pattern changes to ～さいぼう

細菌

さいきん

Bacteria, germ

Cells

Some cells have words ending with ～さいぼう as explained above, and others have their name ending in 球［きゅう］, meaning round.

赤血球

せっけっきゅう

Red blood cell

白血球

はっけっきゅう

White blood cell, leukocyte

好中球

こうちゅうきゅう

Neutrophil

血小板

けっしょうばん

Platelet

樹状細胞

じゅじょうさいぼう

Dendritic cell

好酸球

こうさんきゅう

Eosinophil, acidophil

literally, a cell who likes acidity

好塩基球

こうえんききゅう

Basophil

literally, a cell who likes bases (not acid)

ヘルパーＴ細胞

ヘルパーティーさいぼう

Helper T cell

キラーＴ細胞

キラーティーさいぼう

Killer T cell

単球

たんきゅう

Monocyte

Ennemies

Some more precise terms include Coccus, 球菌［きゅうきん］. Litterally, a round germ, which it is. Note how the pitch pattern changes to ～きゅうきん when it is the last element of a compound.