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56 摂取 Intake

Alternative Meanings

Absorption

Part of Speech

Noun and する verb

Reading

せっしゅ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

一日の摂取カロリーを計算してみました。

I calculated my calorie intake for one day.

Meaning Explanation

Your body takes nutrients into itself in addition to all the extra crap you eat. It's called your daily intake. And it gets all of those nutrients in your body through absorption.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

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