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    3. 宗旨

    宗旨

    宗しゅう旨し

    tenets (of a religious sect)

    KMT10News #47+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    しゅうし

    Noun

    1.
    tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines
    2.
    (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith
    3.
    one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences

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    彼かれの宗しゅう旨しは仏ぶっ教きょうだ。

    His religion is Buddhism.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    異ことなる宗しゅう旨しを持もつ人ひと々びとが、互たがいに尊そん重ちょうし合あった。

    People of different faiths respected each other.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    その宗しゅう派はは、独どく自じの宗しゅう旨しに基もとづいて教きょう義ぎを説といている。

    That sect preaches its doctrines based on its unique tenets.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    私わたしは自じ分ぶんの宗しゅう旨しに反はんする行こう為いはしないと決きめている。

    I have decided not to engage in actions that go against my principles.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    江え戸ど時じ代だいには、宗しゅう旨し人にん別べつ帳ちょうによって人ひと々びとの信しん仰こうが管かん理りされていた。

    During the Edo period, people's faiths were managed through religious registers.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    宗
    むね…(13)
    religion・sect・denomination・main point・origin…(1)
    旨
    むね・うま.い…(1)
    delicious・relish・show a liking for・purport・will…(2)
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