摂

Meaning

摂 centers on acting in place of or on behalf of something else: doing something vicariously, serving as a surrogate, or taking something in and absorbing it as a substitute or supplement.

• 摂取せっしゅ

  intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion

• 摂るとる

  to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

• 摂政せっしょう

  regency; regent

• 摂政せっせい

  advisor (to the Ryukyuan King)

• 摂津せっつ

  Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

• 摂理せつり

  laws (of nature)

• 摂氏せっし
  N1

  Celsius; centigrade

• 包摂ほうせつ

  inclusion; encompassing; connotation

• 不摂生ふせっせい
  N1

  neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance

• 摂関せっかん

  regents and advisers (advisors)

• 摂社せっしゃ

  auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)

• 五摂家ごせっけ

  the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period

• 兼摂けんせつ

  serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

• 包摂主義ほうせつしゅぎ

  inclusionism; inclusivism

• 摂動せつどう

  perturbation

• 摂動論せつどうろん

  perturbation theory

• 摂南大学せつなんだいがく

  Setsunan University

• 摂取量せっしゅりょう

  intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount

• 摂受しょうじゅ

  converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization

• 摂家せっけ

  (line of) regents and advisers (advisors)

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