消しょう化か

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

digestion (of food)

Biological process of breaking down food in the body. Used both as a noun and with する.

• 胃いは食たべ物ものを消しょう化かする働はたらきがある。

  The stomach has the function of digesting food.

• 消しょう化かに良いい食しょく事じを心こころがけている。

  I try to eat meals that are easy to digest.

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

digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding

Metaphorical extension: absorbing and making sense of knowledge, ideas, or experiences. Often used in educational or intellectual contexts.

• 新あたらしい理り論ろんを消しょう化かするのに時じ間かんがかかった。

  It took time to digest the new theory.

• 大たい量りょうの情じょう報ほうを消しょう化かしきれない。

  I can't fully digest the huge amount of information.

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

consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (a quota); completion

Business/economic usage: processing, handling, or disposing of a quantity of goods, funds, or tasks. Meeting targets or quotas is also used.

• 新しん発はっ行こうの国こく債さいを市し場じょうが消しょう化かできるかが問もん題だいだ。

  The question is whether the market can absorb the newly issued government bonds.

• ノルマを消しょう化かするだけで精せい一いっ杯ぱいだ。

  I'm barely managing to meet the quota.

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

losing one's form and turning into something else

Archaic original meaning: to dissolve or transform into another state. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or etymological discussion.

• 古こ語ごでは、物ものが消しょう化かして別べつの形かたちになることを指さした。

  In old language, it referred to something losing its form and turning into something else.