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[しょう()·()]
shouka
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 消化

noun, suru verb
  1. digestion (of food)
  2. digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
  3. consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
  4. losing one's form and turning into something else (orig. meaning)

Definition and Synonyms for 消化

Digest become assimilated into the body
Synonyms: 消化
Digest arrange and integrate in the mind
Synonyms: 消化
Digest convert food into absorbable substances
Synonyms: 消化
Digestion learning and coming to understand ideas and information
Synonyms: 消化
Digestion the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
Synonyms: 消化

Meanings for each kanji in 消化

» extinguish; blow out; turn off; neutralize; cancel
» change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization

Categories 消化 is a member of

Change undergo a change
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Process subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
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Savvy get the meaning of something
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Acquisition the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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Chemical Action any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
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Sample Sentences for 消化

I have gas indigestion.
Food you eat which you don't like will not digest well.
Chew your food well so it can be digested properly.
When we eat too much, we suffer from indigestion.
Rice gruel is easy to digest.

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