同どう化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

assimilation; absorption

General term for incorporating something into a larger whole, often used in social, cultural, or abstract contexts. Can be transitive or intransitive.

See also: 異化

• 移い民みんが新あたらしい文ぶん化かに同どう化かするには時じ間かんがかかる。

  It takes time for immigrants to assimilate into a new culture.

• 会かい社しゃは競きょう合ごう他た社しゃを同どう化かして規き模ぼを拡かく大だいした。

  The company expanded by absorbing its competitors.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

adaptation

Focuses on adjusting or conforming to an environment or system, often implying a change in oneself to fit in.

• 新あたらしい職しょく場ばに同どう化かするために、まずはルールを覚おぼえた。

  To adapt to the new workplace, I first learned the rules.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

assimilation (biology); anabolism

Technical biological term for the process of converting nutrients into living tissue; opposite of catabolism.

• 植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいによって二に酸さん化か炭たん素そを同どう化かする。

  Plants assimilate carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

assimilation (phonology)

Linguistic term for a sound change where a phoneme becomes similar to a neighboring sound.

• 「ん」の前まえの音おとが同どう化かして「さんま」が「さっま」のように発はつ音おんされることがある。

  The sound before ん can undergo assimilation, so さんま may be pronounced like さっま.