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吸収

吸収

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 6
しゅう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

吸収 (hiragana きゅうしゅう, romaji kyūshū)

  1. suction; absorption; assimilation
  2. merger

Derived terms

  • 吸収剤 (kyūshūzai): an absorbent
  • 吸収性 (kyūshūsei): absorbability, absorbency
  • 吸収体 (kyūshūtai): absorbent
  • 吸収力 (kyūshūryoku): absorbing power
  • 吸収合併 (kyūshū gappei): merger, takeover
  • 吸収線量 (kyūshū senryō): absorbed dose (as of radiation)
  • 吸収不良症候群 (kyūshū furyō shōkōgun): malabsorption syndrome
  • 結腸吸収 (ketchō kyūshū): colon absorption
  • 星間吸収 (seikan kyūshū): interstellar absorption
  • 高分子吸収体 (kōbunshi kyōshūtai): high polymer absorbent
  • 二酸化炭素吸収源 (ni-sanka tanso kyūshū-gen): carbon sink
  • 二酸化炭素の吸収源 (ni-sanka tanso no kyūshū-gen): carbon sink

Verb

吸収する (hiragana きゅうしゅうする, romaji kyūshū suru)

  1. to suck/absorb a liquid
  2. to take in/gobble/consume food or drink
  3. (business) to take over/absorb a company

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3