N2518/1725

しょう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbarchaicintransitive verb

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Meanings

  • digestion (of food)
  • digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding
  • consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion
  • losing one's form and turning into something else

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Example sentences

脂肪しぼうぶんおお食事しょくじ消化しょうか時間じかんがかかる。

Meals high in fat take a long time to digest.

授業じゅぎょう内容ないようをまだ十分じゅうぶん消化しょうかできていない

I haven't fully absorbed the content of the lesson yet.

今月こんげつのノルマをすべて消化しょうかした

I met all of this month's quota.

消化しょうか不良ふりょうこさないよう、よくんでべることが大切たいせつだ。

It is important to chew your food well to avoid indigestion.

彼女かのじょ膨大ぼうだい資料しりょう短期間たんきかん消化しょうか、プレゼンに反映はんえいさせた。

She digested an enormous amount of material in a short period of time and incorporated it into her presentation.