Keyword
absorb (nutrients or knowledge)
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig1876
Old form
Readings
せっ
(49%)
(33%)
せつ
(16%)
Composed of
left hand
ear
horns
short legs
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
(divine) providence; dispensation
to have a meal; to take a meal
regency; regent
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
overdose; excessive consumption
Celsius; centigrade
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
subsumption; connotation; inclusion; encompassing
taking care of one's health
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
feeding; feed
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)
(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)
perturbation
regents and advisers (advisors)
converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
perturbation theory
non-perturbative
concentration; period of intensive zazen
advisor (to the Ryukyuan King)
feeding (esp. by animals)
inclusionism; inclusivism
financial inclusion; availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services
Examples (23 in total)
You should eat breakfast.
Having finished breakfast, I hurried to school.
He was having lunch when I entered the room.