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    3. 意味づける

    意味づける

    意い味みづ​け​る​

    to give meaning (to)

    KMT10News #42+1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab28 strokes

    意味付ける

    いみづける

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to give meaning (to), to assess the significance (of)

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの人じん生せいに意い味みづけようとした。

    He tried to give meaning to his own life.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    経けい験けんを振ふり返かえり、その出で来き事ごとをポジティブに意い味みづけることが大たい切せつだ。

    It's important to look back on experiences and give positive meaning to those events.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    芸げい術じゅつ家かは、日にち常じょうの風ふう景けいに新あらたな視し点てんを与あたえ、それを独どく自じに意い味みづける。

    Artists give new perspectives to everyday scenery and give it their own unique meaning.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    悲かなしい出で来き事ごとも、後あとになってその意い味みづけが変かわることがある。

    Even sad events can have their meaning reinterpreted later.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    人にん間げんは、出で来き事ごとに意い味みづけをすることで、世せ界かいを理り解かいしようとする。

    Humans try to understand the world by giving meaning to events.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
    Kanji
    味
    あじ・あじ.わう…(1)
    flavor・taste
    Kanji
    づ
    zu
    Kana
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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