消化

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Chinese

consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
trad. (消化) 消 化
simp. #(消化) 消 化

Pronunciation

Verb

消化

  1. (literally) to digest (food)
  2. (figuratively) to think over; to process; to digest
  3. (literary) to melt; to dissolve

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消 化
しょう
Grade: 3 		か
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 消化 (MC sjew xwaeH).

Pronunciation

Noun

消(しょう)化(か) • (shōka) ←せうくわ (seukwa)?

  1. digestion
  2. assimilation
  3. consumption

Derived terms

Derived terms

Verb

消(しょう)化(か)する • (shōka suru) ←せうくわ (seukwa)?suru (stem 消(しょう)化(か)し (shōka shi), past 消(しょう)化(か)した (shōka shita))

  1. to digest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "消化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 消化し しょうかし shōka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 消化し しょうかし shōka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 消化する しょうかする shōka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 消化する しょうかする shōka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 消化すれ しょうかすれ shōka sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 消化せよ¹
消化しろ² 		しょうかせよ¹
しょうかしろ² 		shōka seyo¹
shōka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 消化される しょうかされる shōka sareru
Causative 消化させる
消化さす 		しょうかさせる
しょうかさす 		shōka saseru
shōka sasu
Potential 消化できる しょうかできる shōka dekiru
Volitional 消化しよう しょうかしよう shōka shiyō
Negative 消化しない しょうかしない shōka shinai
Negative continuative 消化せず しょうかせず shōka sezu
Formal 消化します しょうかします shōka shimasu
Perfective 消化した しょうかした shōka shita
Conjunctive 消化して しょうかして shōka shite
Hypothetical conditional 消化すれば しょうかすれば shōka sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
消化

Noun

消化 • (sohwa) (hangeul 소화)

  1. hanja form? of 소화 (“digestion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
消化

Verb

消化

  1. chữ Hán form of tiêu hoá (“to digest”).
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