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作用 (さよう): operation, effect, function — Japanese vocabulary

作用 is read さよう and means "operation, effect, function". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

作用

Reading
さよう · sayou
Translation
operation, effect, function
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
さようが

Example

酸は、金属に作用する。

さんは、きんぞくにさようする。

Acid acts on metals.

Kanji in this word

  • 作 — make, create
  • 用 — use, business

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