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    3. 摂取

    摂取

    摂せっ取しゅ

    intake (e.g. of salt)

    KMT7News #12+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMedicine & HealthReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    せっしゅ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    intake (e.g. of salt), ingestion
    2.
    absorption (e.g. of new knowledge), adoption (e.g. of foreign culture), assimilation
    3.
    reception and protection
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    毎まい日にち十じゅう分ぶんな水すい分ぶんを摂せっ取しゅしましょう。

    Let's take in enough water every day.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    ビタミンCの摂シーのせ取っしゅは風か邪ぜよ予ぼ防うに効こう果か的てきです。

    Vitamin C intake is effective in preventing colds.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    適てき切せつな栄えい養よう摂せっ取しゅは、健けん康こうな体からだを維い持じするために重じゅう要ようです。

    Proper nutrient intake is important for maintaining a healthy body.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれは海かいがいぶんかをせっきょ外くてきにせっしゅしじしんの文し化やを積ひ極ろ的げに摂 取 し、自 身 の視 野 を広 げた。

    He actively absorbed foreign cultures and broadened his own perspective.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、情じょう報ほう過か多たにより、無む意い識しきのうちに多 くの情せっ報しゅを摂 取 している。

    In modern society, due to information overload, we unconsciously absorb a lot of information.

    KMT8TechnologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    摂
    おさ.める・かね.る・と.る…(3)
    vicarious・surrogate・act in addition to・take in・absorb
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
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