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    3. 抽象

    抽象

    抽ちゅう象しょう

    abstraction

    N2KMT7News #15+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ちゅうしょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    abstraction

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    この絵えは抽ちゅう象しょう的てきだ。

    This painting is abstract.

    KMT5Art & DesignDaily Life
    子こ供どもに抽ちゅう象しょう的てきな概がい念ねんを説せつ明めいするのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to explain abstract concepts to children.

    KMT7EducationDaily Life
    コンピュータサイエンスでは、複ふく雑ざつさを管かん理りするために抽ちゅう象しょう化かが用もちいられる。

    In computer science, abstraction is used to manage complexity.

    KMT7Science & MathTechnology
    抽ちゅう象しょう芸げい術じゅつは、現げん実じつ的てきな描びょう写しゃではなく、形かたちや色しき彩さいを通とおして感かん情じょうや思し想そうを表ひょう現げんする。

    Abstract art expresses emotions and ideas through forms and colors rather than realistic depiction.

    KMT7Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    哲てつ学がくはしばしば存そん在ざいや知ち識しきに関かんする抽ちゅう象しょう的てきな概がい念ねんを扱あつかう。

    Philosophy often deals with abstract ideas about existence and knowledge.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    抽
    ひき-…(1)
    pluck・pull・extract・excel
    象
    かたど.る…(3)
    elephant・pattern after・imitate・image・shape…(1)
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