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shiru

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English meaning

  • juice noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  • sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
  • soup noun A liquid dish made by cooking meat, vegetables, or other ingredients in stock or water.

Senses

汁 is used for these senses in English:

  • juice (uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
  • sap (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

juice — full definition

  1. noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  2. noun Informal: the power, energy, or resources that make something work — electricity, fuel, or vitality.
  3. verb To extract the liquid from fruit or vegetables, typically with a machine.

sap — full definition

  1. noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
  2. noun A gullible or easily fooled person.
  3. verb To gradually drain someone's strength, energy, or resolve.
  4. noun A small, weighted club, often leather-covered, used as a hand weapon.

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