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    3. 尊い

    尊い

    尊とうとい​

    precious

    N1KMT9News #27+1CoreAdjectiveCulture & TraditionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    貴い

    とうといたっとい

    Adjective

    1.
    precious, valuable, priceless
    2.
    noble, exalted, sacred

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    命いのちはとても尊とうといものです。

    Life is a very precious thing.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの自じ己こ犠ぎ牲せいの精せい神しんは尊とうとい。

    His spirit of self-sacrifice is noble.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも諦あきらめない彼かれの姿すがたは、私わたしたちにとって尊とうとい教きょう訓くんとなった。

    His refusal to give up even in difficult situations became a precious lesson for us.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    この寺じ院いんは、地ち域いきの人ひと々びとにとって尊とうとい信しん仰こうの対たい象しょうである。

    This temple is a sacred object of faith for the people of the region.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    古こ代だいの遺い跡せきから発はっ見けんされたこの遺い物ぶつは、歴れき史し的てきに極きわめて尊とうとい価か値ちを持もつ。

    This artifact discovered from an ancient ruin possesses extremely precious historical value.

    KMT10HistoryArt & Design

    Characters that make up this word

    尊
    たっと.い・とうと.い・たっと.ぶ・とうと.ぶ…(5)
    revered・valuable・precious・noble・exalted
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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