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    3. 昇華

    昇華

    昇しょう華か

    sublimation

    KMT9News #32+1Emotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    しょうか

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sublimation
    chemistry
    2.
    sublimation (of an impulse)
    psychology

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    3.
    sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)

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    ドライアイスは水みずにならずに昇しょう華かする。

    Dry ice sublimates without turning into water.

    KMT7Science & Math
    彼かれの怒いかりは、芸げい術じゅつ作さく品ひんへと昇しょう華かされた。

    His anger was sublimated into a work of art.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    心しん理り学がくでは、満みたされない欲よっ求きゅうが別べつの形かたちで表ひょう現げんされることを昇しょう華かと呼よぶ。

    In psychology, the expression of unfulfilled desires in another form is called sublimation.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math
    悲かなしい経けい験けんを乗のり越こえ、それを創そう作さく活かつ動どうに昇しょう華かさせることで、彼かれは新あらたな境きょう地ちを開ひらいた。

    By overcoming a sad experience and sublimating it into creative activity, he opened up new horizons.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    彼かれのスポーツへの情じょう熱ねつは、日ひ々びの厳きびしい練れん習しゅうを通つうじて昇しょう華かされていった。

    His passion for sports was sublimated through daily rigorous training.

    KMT9Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    昇
    のぼ.る…(3)
    rise up
    華
    はな…(3)
    splendor・flower・petal・shine・luster…(4)
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