Illustration: In a neighborhood design workshop, a maker studies three real chairs: a folding chair, a padded dining chair and a curved wooden chair. On the workbench, the maker assembles a simple model containing only a seat, a back and supports, leaving out upholstery, hinges and decorative curves.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

抽ちゅう象しょう

chuushou

abstraction

Commonly appears in compounds such as 抽象的. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あなたの説明せつめいは私わたしには抽象ちゅうしょう的てきすぎます。

    Your explanation is too abstract to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 抽象ちゅうしょう絵画かいがって正直全然分しょうじきぜんぜんわかんないんだよね。

    I honestly don’t understand abstract paintings at all.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれにとって、飢うえというのは抽象ちゅうしょう的てきな概念がいねんであった。彼かれには常つねに十分じゅうぶんな食料しょくりょうがあったからだ。

    For him, hunger was an abstract concept. He had always had enough food.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 抽象

  • 抽pluck; pullOnチュウKunひき-
  • 象image; elephantOnショウ・ゾウKunかたどる

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