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N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

消化(しょうか)digestion, thorough understanding, selling accumulated (excess) products, dealing with a large amount of work, losing one's form and turning into something else

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    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      digestion (of food)

    2. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      2.

      digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      3.

      consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion

    4. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      losing one's form and turning into something else

      Archaic, orig. meaning

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    消化 【しょうか】

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      ()()(もの)消化(しょうか)する。

      We digest food in the stomach.

      • N2

      消化(しょうか)()()(もの)(からだ)()いです。

      Foods that are easy to digest are good for the body.

      • N2

      スケジュールを消化(しょうか)できたのでスッキリしている。

      I feel refreshed because I was able to complete my schedule.

      • N2

      理論(りろん)消化(しょうか)出来(でき)ないでいては実践(じっせん)使(つか)(こと)出来(でき)ません。

      If you cannot thoroughly understand the theory, you cannot use it in practice.

      • N2

      消化(しょうか)()れなかった在庫(ざいこ)をセールで()ったので、処分(しょぶん)せずに()みました。

      Since we sold the stock that we couldn't fully consume at the sale, we did not have to dispose of it.

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