🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

劣化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rekka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
degradation/ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"プラスチックの劣化には長い時間がかかります。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The condition or process of degenerating or being degraded, especially to a lower moral or intellectual state.

    "They lived in conditions of severe poverty and degradation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French degradation or late Latin degradatio, from Latin degradare 'move down a step' (see degrade).

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