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消耗 (しょうもう): exhaustion, consumption — Japanese vocabulary

消耗 is read しょうもう and means "exhaustion, consumption". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

消耗

Reading
しょうもう · shoumou
Translation
exhaustion, consumption
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しょうもうが

Example

その男の子の世話で彼女は非常に精力を消耗する。

そのおとこのこのせわでかのじょはひじょうにせいりょくをしょうもうする。

Taking care of the boy is a great drain on her energies.

Kanji in this word

  • 消 — disappear, erase
  • 耗 — Decrease

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