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浸透
shintou
Description
「浸透」は、水などがゆっくり中に入っていくことを表す言葉です。
"浸透" means water or something similar slowly entering inside.
考え方や情報が広く人々に伝わるときにも使います。
It is also used when ideas or information spread widely among people.
Meanings
浸透shintou
the soaking or permeation of liquid into something
雨が土に浸透する。
Rain soaks into the soil.
浸透shintou
the spread of ideas or information among people
新しい考えが社会に浸透した。
New ideas have permeated society.
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Notes
- Etymology
浸 (soak) + 透 (pass through); often used as 浸透する with suru.
- Nuance
implies a gradual, thorough spreading, unlike 普及 which stresses wide adoption.
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