摂取

せっしゅ

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture)

Common word

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); assimilation
reception and protection

Example sentences

十分じゅうぶんな栄養えいよう摂取せっしゅは幼児ようじの発育はついくにとって極きわめて重要じゅうようです。

Good nutrition is vital for an infant's growth.
過度かどの脂肪しぼうの摂取せっしゅは心臓病しんぞうびょうの原因げんいんになるとされている。

Eating too much fat is supposed to cause heart disease.
後あとに、高校生こうこうせいになると、僕ぼくはビタミン剤ざいを常用じょうようするように化学かがくを「摂取せっしゅした」

Later, in high school, I would take chemistry the way I took vitamin pills.