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    3. 退化

    退化

    退たい化か

    degeneration

    N1KMT10News #41+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab13 strokes

    たいか

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    degeneration, retrogression, atrophy
    biology
    2.
    regression (e.g. of society), deterioration, degeneration

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    この器き官かんは使つかわれないと退たい化かする。

    This organ will degenerate if not used.

    KMT7Science & MathMedicine & Health
    文ぶん明めいが退たい化かする可か能のう性せいもあると彼かれは主しゅ張ちょうした。

    He argued that there's also a possibility of civilization regressing.

    KMT9Science & MathHistory
    洞どう窟くつに住すむ魚さかなは、光ひかりがないため目めが退たい化かしていることが多 い。

    Fish living in caves often have atrophied eyes due to the lack of light.

    KMT9Science & MathAnimalsNature & Environment
    スマートフォンの普ふ及きゅうにより、暗あん算ざん能のう力りょくが退たい化かしていると感かんじる人ひともいる。

    Some people feel that their mental calculation abilities are degenerating due to the spread of smartphones.

    KMT9TechnologyEducationDaily Life
    過か度どな依い存ぞんは、人にん間げんの思し考こう能のう力りょくを退たい化かさせる恐おそれがある。

    Excessive dependence may cause human thinking ability to degenerate.

    KMT10Science & MathEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    退
    しりぞ.く・しりぞ.ける・ひ.く・の.く・の.ける・ど.く…(1)
    retreat・withdraw・retire・resign・repel…(2)
    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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