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    3. 摩擦

    摩擦

    摩ま擦さつ

    friction

    N2KMT6News #4+1CoreScience & MathEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    まさつ

    Noun

    1.
    friction
    physics

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    2.
    rubbing, chafing

    Noun

    3.
    discord, friction, strife, conflict

    Stroke 0 / 32

    Speed1.0x

    摩ま擦さつで熱ねつが発はっ生せいします。

    Heat is generated by friction.

    KMT4Science & Math
    チーム内ないで意い見けんの摩ま擦さつが生しょうじました。

    Friction arose within the team due to differing opinions.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    異ことなる文ぶん化か間かんでは、しばしば価か値ち観かんの摩ま擦さつが起おこりやすい。

    Friction in values often tends to occur between different cultures.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    物ぶつ理り学がくでは、摩ま擦さつ力りょくは物ぶっ体たいの運うん動どうを妨さまたげる力ちからとして定てい義ぎされる。

    In physics, friction is defined as a force that hinders the motion of an object.

    KMT7Science & Math
    貿ぼう易えき摩ま擦さつは、二に国こく間かんの関かん係けいを悪あっ化かさせる原げん因いんとなることがあります。

    Trade friction can sometimes cause relations between two countries to worsen.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    摩
    ま.する・さす.る・す.る…(1)
    chafe・rub・polish・grind・scrape
    擦
    す.る・す.れる・-ず.れ・こす.る・こす.れる…(1)
    grate・rub・scratch・scrape・chafe…(1)
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