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    3. 修養

    修養

    修しゅう養よう

    self-improvement

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    しゅうよう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    self-improvement, (mental) training, self-discipline, cultivation

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    彼かれは自じ己この修しゅう養ように努いそめている。

    He is striving for self-improvement.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    精せい神しん的てきな修しゅう養ようは、人じん生せいを豊ゆたかにするために不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    Mental training is essential for enriching one's life.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    茶さ道どうは、単たんなる作さ法ほうだけでなく、精せい神しん的てきな修しゅう養ようの道みちでもある。

    The tea ceremony is not just about etiquette, but also a path to spiritual cultivation.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうに直ちょく面めんした時ときこそ、心こころの修しゅう養ようが試ためされる。

    It is precisely when facing difficult situations that one's mental discipline is tested.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    武ぶ道どうを通つうじて、礼れい儀ぎ作さ法ほうと自じ己こ修しゅう養ようの精せい神しんを学まなぶことができる。

    Through martial arts, one can learn etiquette and the spirit of self-discipline.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & TraditionsEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    修
    おさ.める・おさ.まる…(6)
    discipline・conduct oneself well・study・master
    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
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