extract

Japanese: エキス

〘noun〙 (from extract) 1. The active ingredients extracted from drugs or food and then concentrated. Also, the active ingredients. There are liquid and dried forms. *Shokugaku Keigen (1833), vol. 3 " Extracts are the main part of herbal medicines, and their therapeutic properties remain in _this _one ." 2. The most essential part of something. Quintessence. Pure essence. *Sono Mengzhi (1906), Futabatei Shimei, vol. 3 "Desire is the extract extracted by steaming a human being."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (extract から)① 薬物や食物から有効成分を取り出し、それを濃縮したもの。また、その有効成分。流動体のものと乾燥したものとがある。※植学啓原（1833）三「越幾斯(エキス)剤之首分也、草木療疾之性効、間存_二于此_一」② 物事の一番本質的なもの。精髄。粋。エッセンス。※其面影（1906）〈二葉亭四迷〉三「欲といふものはね、人間を蒸餾して取ったエキスだよ」

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