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    消光

    消しょう光こう

    passing one's time

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    しょうこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    passing one's time
    formal or literary term
    2.
    extinction (of light)
    physics
    3.
    quenching (of fluorescence)
    chemistry

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    Kanji that make up this word

    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    光
    ひか.る・ひかり…(8)
    ray・light
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