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    3. 消化

    消化

    消しょう化か

    digestion (of food)

    N2KMT6News #12+1CoreFood & DiningKanji Vocab14 strokes

    しょうか

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    digestion (of food)
    2.
    digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding
    3.
    consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    4.
    losing one's form and turning into something else
    archaic

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    食たべ物ものをよく噛かんで消しょう化かを助たすけましょう。

    Chew your food well to aid digestion.

    KMT4Food & DiningMedicine & Health
    彼かれは大たい量りょうの情じょう報ほうを消しょう化かする能のう力りょくがある。

    He has the ability to digest a large amount of information.

    KMT6Daily LifeEducation
    脂あぶらっこい食たべ物ものは消しょう化かに時じ間かんがかかる。

    Greasy food takes a long time to digest.

    KMT6Food & DiningMedicine & Health
    新あたらしい知ち識しきを消しょう化かするには時じ間かんがかかる。

    It takes time to digest new knowledge.

    KMT6EducationDaily Life
    予よ算さんを消しょう化かするために、不ふ必ひつ要ような出しゅっ費ぴが増ふえる傾けい向こうにある。

    Unnecessary expenses tend to increase in order to use up the budget.

    KMT7Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
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