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    3. 効用

    効用

    効こう用よう

    use

    KMT6News #14+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    こうよう

    Noun

    1.
    use, utility, effect, benefit

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    この薬くすりにはどんな効こう用ようがありますか。

    What kind of effects does this medicine have?

    KMT5Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    その新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつの効こう用ようは大おおきい。

    The utility of that new technology is great.

    KMT6TechnologyDaily Life
    漢かん方ぽう薬やくは、体からだのバランスを整ととのえる効こう用ようがあると言いわれている。

    Herbal medicine is said to have the effect of balancing the body.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    再さい生せい可か能のうエネルギーは、環かん境きょう保ほ護ごに大おおきな効こう用ようをもたらす。

    Renewable energy brings great benefits to environmental protection.

    KMT7TechnologyNature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    経けい済ざい学がくでは、消しょう費ひ者しゃの満まん足ぞく度どを「効こう用よう」という概がい念ねんで説せつ明めいする。

    In economics, consumer satisfaction is explained by the concept of "utility."

    KMT8Science & MathBusiness & FinanceEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    効
    き.く・ききめ・なら.う…(1)
    merit・efficacy・efficiency・benefit
    用
    もち.いる…(2)
    utilize・business・service・use・employ
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