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消化

しょうか

Readings

しょうか

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, vs, vtdigestion (of food)
  2. 2.
    n, vs, vtdigestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
  3. 3.
    n, vs, vtconsumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
  4. 4.
    n, vs, vilosing one's form and turning into something else

Kanji breakdown

消
N410 strokesGrade 3
化
N44 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

食物は胃の中で消化される。

Food is digested in the stomach.

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消化しょうか

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

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