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    3. 思い詰める

    思い詰める

    思おもい​詰つめ​る​

    to think hard

    KMT10News #36+1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    思いつめる

    おもいつめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to think hard, to brood over, to worry too much (about), to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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    彼かれは一ひと人りで思 い詰 めていました。

    He was brooding over it alone.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとのことで思におもい詰つめて、食しょく欲よくがなくなってしまった。

    She worried too much about her work and lost her appetite.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    問もん題だいを一ひと人りで抱かかえ込こまず、誰だれかに相そう談だんすることが思おもい詰つめるのを防ふせぐ第だい一いっ歩ぽです。

    Not keeping problems to oneself but consulting someone is the first step to prevent brooding.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれて思おもい詰つめるよりも、前まえ向むきに挑ちょう戦せんすることが大たい切せつです。

    It's more important to challenge things positively than to brood over the fear of failure.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの将しょう来らいについて思おもい詰つめて、夜よるも眠ねむれない日ひが続つづいた。

    He worried so much about his future that he couldn't sleep for days.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    思
    おも.う・おもえら.く・おぼ.す…(1)
    think
    Kanji
    詰
    つ.める・つ.め・-づ.め・つ.まる・つ.む…(4)
    packed・close・pressed・reprove・rebuke…(1)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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