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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

有ゆう効こう活かつ用よう

yuukoukatsuyou

to make effective use of

Example sentences

  1. 病院びょういんにおける感染制御策かんせんせいぎょさくを実践じっせんする上うえで、消毒薬しょうどくやくの有効活用ゆうこうかつようは重要じゅうような課題かだいです。

    Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in relation to infection control in hospitals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 貴重きちょうな地球資源ちきゅうしげんを有効活用ゆうこうかつようする

    effectively use the planet’s precious resources

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. ウナギが刻きざまれているのは御櫃おひつから取とり分わける際さいに鰻うなぎの量りょうを均等きんとうに分わけて盛もり付つけるようにすることが目的もくてきであったとも、戦後せんごの食糧難しょくりょうなんの時期じきにうなぎの有効活用ゆうこうかつようを図はかったためであったともいう。

    It is said that the reason for chopping the eel was to serve the eel in equal amounts when dishing out the rice from the rice tub, or it was an attempt to make an efficient use of eels during the period of food shortages after the war.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 有効活用

  • 有possess; haveOnユウ・ウKunある
  • 効merit; efficacyOnコウKunきく・ききめ・ならう
  • 活lively; resuscitationOnカツKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる

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