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    3. 焼却

    焼却

    焼しょう却きゃく

    incineration

    KMT7News #14+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    しょうきゃく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    incineration, destruction by fire

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    古ふるい書しょ類るいを焼しょう却きゃくした。

    I incinerated the old documents.

    KMT5Daily Life
    ごみは焼しょう却きゃく炉ろで焼しょう却きゃくされる。

    Garbage is incinerated in an incinerator.

    KMT7Daily LifeNature & Environment
    多おおくの自じ治ち体たいでは、家か庭ていごみの焼しょう却きゃく処しょ理りが行おこなわれている。

    Many municipalities process household waste by incineration.

    KMT7Daily LifePolitics & LawNature & Environment
    個こ人じん情じょう報ほうを含ふくむ書しょ類るいは、情じょう報ほう漏ろう洩えいを防ふせぐため厳げん重じゅうに焼しょう却きゃくする必ひつ要ようがある。

    Documents containing personal information need to be strictly incinerated to prevent information leaks.

    KMT8Daily LifeTechnologyPolitics & Law
    焼しょう却きゃくによって有ゆう害がい物ぶっ質しつが発はっ生せいする可か能のう性せいもあるため、環かん境きょうへの配はい慮りょが重じゅう要ようだ。

    Since incineration can also generate harmful substances, consideration for the environment is important.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily LifeScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    却
    かえ.って・しりぞ.く・しりぞ.ける…(1)
    instead・on the contrary・rather・step back・withdraw…(1)
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