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    3. 劣等感

    劣等感

    劣れっ等とう感かん

    inferiority complex

    KMT10News #33+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    れっとうかん

    Noun

    1.
    inferiority complex, sense of inferiority

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    彼かれは劣れっ等とう感かんを感かんじていた。

    He felt an inferiority complex.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    自じ分ぶんのの能う力りょくに劣れっ等とう感かんを抱いだく必ひつ要ようはない。

    There's no need to feel an inferiority complex about your own abilities.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    劣れっ等とう感かんは、時ときに人ひとを成せい長ちょうさせる原げん動どう力りょくにもなり得うる。

    An inferiority complex can sometimes become a driving force for personal growth.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    幼おさない頃ころの経けい験けんが、彼かれの劣れっ等とう感かんの根こん源げんとなっている。

    His childhood experiences are the root cause of his inferiority complex.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    劣れっ等とう感かんを克こく服ふくするためには、まず自じ分ぶんを受うけ入いれることが大たい切せつだ。

    To overcome an inferiority complex, it's important to first accept yourself.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    劣
    おと.る…(1)
    inferiority・be inferior to・be worse
    等
    ひと.しい・など・-ら…(3)
    etc.・and so forth・class (first)・quality・equal…(1)
    感
    emotion・feeling・sensation
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