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    3. 断食

    断食

    断だん食じき

    fasting

    KMT8News #21+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    だんじき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    fasting, fast

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    彼かれは健けん康こうのために断だん食じきを始はじめた。

    He started fasting for his health.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな理り由ゆうで断だん食じきを行おこなう人ひともいます。

    Some people fast for religious reasons.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうでは、精せい神しん的てきな浄じょう化かのために断だん食じきが実じっ践せんされる。

    In many religions, fasting is practiced for spiritual purification.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    医い師しは、手しゅ術じゅつ前まえに患かん者じゃに断だん食じきを指し示じすることがある。

    Doctors sometimes instruct patients to fast before surgery.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    長ちょう期き間かんの断だん食じきは、専せん門もん家かの指し導どうのもとで行おこなうべきだ。

    Long-term fasting should be done under the guidance of a specialist.

    KMT9Medicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
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