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    3. 囚われ

    囚われ

    囚とらわ​れ​

    captivity

    KMT10News #43+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    捕らわれ捕われ

    とらわれ

    Noun

    1.
    captivity, imprisonment

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは過か去この囚とらわれから解かい放ほうされたいと願ねがっていた。

    He wished to be freed from the captivity of the past.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    彼かの女じょは古ふるい習しゅう慣かんの囚とらわれから抜ぬけ出だせないでいる。

    She can't escape from the captivity of old habits.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    恐きょう怖ふの囚とらわれから逃のがれることは容よう易いではない。

    It is not easy to escape from the captivity of fear.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    物ぶっ質しつ的てきな豊ゆたかさへの囚とらわれは、真しんの幸こう福ふくを見みえなくする。

    Captivity to material wealth blinds one to true happiness.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの固こ定てい観かん念ねんの囚とらわれから自じ由ゆうになろうと努ど力りょくした。

    He tried to free himself from the captivity of his own fixed ideas.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology

    Characters that make up this word

    囚
    とら.われる…(1)
    captured・criminal・arrest・catch
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
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