Vocabulary

What does 浸透 (しんとう, shintou) mean?

浸透 (しんとう, shintou) means permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread.

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Readingしんとう
Romajishintou
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, intransitive
しんとう
shintou

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread

  1. 1noun · suru verb · intransitive permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread
  2. 2noun · suru verb · intransitive permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; percolation
  3. 3noun · suru verb · intransitive osmosis

Also written: 滲透

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