Illustration: After a morning run beside a Japanese riverbank, a woman sits on a park bench and takes a deliberate mouthful from a water bottle. Her throat is caught mid-swallow. An opened rice ball with a clear bite missing rests in its wrapper on her knee, and a peeled banana waits beside her.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

摂せっ取しゅ

sesshu

to consume, to take in

Example sentences

  1. カフェインの摂取せっしゅ量りょうを減へらそうとしているんです。

    I’ve been trying to cut down on caffeine.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 栄養えいようを摂取せっしゅする

    take in nutrients

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 過度かどの脂肪しぼうの摂取せっしゅは心臓病しんぞうびょうの原因げんいんになるとされている。

    Eating too much fat is supposed to cause heart disease.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 摂取

  • 摂vicarious; surrogateOnセツ・ショウKunおさめる・かねる・とる
  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-

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