代謝
たいしゃ metabolism
Why it means this
代 (replace) + 謝 (give way, take one's leave — an old sense) — 'the old making way for the new'; metabolism; 新陳代謝, the turnover of body tissue and, figuratively, of an organization's people.
Breakdown
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