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    3. 孤独

    孤独

    孤こ独どく

    solitude

    N1KMT6News #9+1CoreNoun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    こどく

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    solitude, loneliness, isolation

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    彼かれは孤こ独どくを感かんじています。

    He feels lonely.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    都と会かいでの孤こ独どくは、多おおくの人ひとが経けい験けんすることです。

    Loneliness in the city is something many people experience.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    孤こ独どくな夜よるには、温あたたかいお茶ちゃを飲のむのが好すきです。

    On lonely nights, I like to drink warm tea.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しは、長ちょう期きのミッションで孤こ独どくと向むき合あいます。

    Astronauts face loneliness during long missions.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math
    芸げい術じゅつ家かの中なかには、孤こ独どくを創そう作さくの源げんとする者ものもいます。

    Among artists, some make solitude a source of creation.

    KMT7Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    孤
    orphan・alone
    独
    ひと.り…(4)
    single・alone・spontaneously・Germany
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