吸収|きゅうしゅうkyuushuu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbabsorption; suction; attractionこの布は水をよく吸収する。↗This cloth absorbs water well.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 吸収する（きゅうしゅうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 吸収します（きゅうしゅうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 吸収しない（きゅうしゅうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 吸収しません（きゅうしゅうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 吸収せず・吸収せぬ（きゅうしゅうせず・きゅうしゅうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 吸収した（きゅうしゅうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 吸収しました（きゅうしゅうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 吸収しなかった（きゅうしゅうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 吸収しませんでした（きゅうしゅうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 吸収して（きゅうしゅうして） |
| Potential | 吸収できる（きゅうしゅうできる） |
| Passive | 吸収される（きゅうしゅうされる） |
| Causative | 吸収させる（きゅうしゅうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 吸収させられる（きゅうしゅうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 吸収すれば（きゅうしゅうすれば） |
| tara | 吸収したら（きゅうしゅうしたら） |
| Volitional | 吸収しよう（きゅうしゅうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 吸収しましょう（きゅうしゅうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 吸収しろ（きゅうしゅうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym吸い込むすいこむNeutralVerb for drawing something in — breathing in air, being pulled into a crowd; unlike 「吸収」, it does not stress making it part of yourself.
- Synonym吸い取るすいとるNeutralSucks something off or dry, e.g. blotting ink with paper; also figuratively squeezing money out of someone.
- Synonym吸引きゅういんWrittenWritten/formal term for suction or attraction, as in 「吸引力」; 「吸収」 stresses taking outside things in — heat, shock, knowledge.
- Synonym吸うすうNeutralEveryday verb for breathing in, smoking, or sipping; 「吸収」 is more written in feel, for absorbing nutrients or knowledge.
- Synonym取り込むとりこむNeutralTakes things in or imports them, e.g. loading data, winning people over; 「吸収」 stresses absorbing it as your own.
- Synonym取り入れるとりいれるNeutralAdopts or introduces new methods, ideas, or culture; 「吸収」 goes further, stressing digestion into your own.
- Synonym吸い入れるすいいれるNeutralRare verb for drawing air or liquid in toward yourself; in everyday use 「吸い込む」 is the normal choice.
- Related吸い上げるすいあげるNeutralDraws liquid up from below, e.g. a plant taking up water; figuratively taking in people's opinions or siphoning off profits.
- Related飲み込むのみこむNeutralSwallows food down; also means grasping an idea, or engulfing and swallowing something up; 「吸収」 leans scientific and abstract.
- Related吸着きゅうちゃくWrittenWritten, chemistry-leaning term for matter sticking to a surface, e.g. activated carbon; 「吸収」 means entering the inside.
- Antonym放出ほうしゅつNeutralReleases or emits outward; the opposite of 「吸収」, which takes things in.
- Antonym排出はいしゅつNeutralDischarges or expels waste outward; the opposite of 「吸収」, which draws things in.
- Antonym分泌ぶんぴつNeutralSecretion by glands; the flow runs opposite to 「吸収」.
For absorbing nutrients, knowledge, shocks, or companies, use 「吸収」. In everyday speech, breathing in is 「吸う」 and drawing something in is 「吸い込む」; adopting methods is 「取り入れる」. For release or discharge, the antonyms are 「放出」 and 「排出」.
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