Illustration: After lunch at a Japanese apartment table, a child rests a hand over their abdomen beside an almost-empty rice bowl. A clear anatomical cutaway within the torso reveals the stomach and a short section of small intestine.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう化か

shouka

to digest food

Example sentences

  1. 食物しょくもつは胃いの中なかで消化しょうかされる。

    Food is digested in the stomach.

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  2. ワインは消化しょうかを助たすける。

    Wine helps digest food.

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  3. おかゆは消化しょうかしやすいんです。

    Rice gruel is easy to digest.

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Kanji in 消化

  • 消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
  • 化change; take the form ofOnカ・ケKunばける・ばかす・ふける

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