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    3. 意識

    意識

    意い識しき

    consciousness

    N3KMT3News #2+1CoreNoun, Participle, VerbReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    いしき

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    consciousness
    2.
    becoming aware (of), awareness, sense
    3.
    mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
    Buddhism

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    彼かれは意い識しきがありますか。

    Is he conscious?

    KMT3Medicine & Health
    私わたしは自じ分ぶんの健けん康こうを意い識しきしています。

    I am conscious of my own health.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    彼かれは意い識しきを失うしなって倒たおれました。

    He lost consciousness and collapsed.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    環かん境きょう問もん題だいに対たいする意い識しきが高たかまっています。

    Awareness of environmental issues is increasing.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは意い識しきの働はたらきについて深ふかく探たん求きゅうします。

    In Buddhism, the workings of consciousness are deeply explored.

    KMT5Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
    識
    し.る・しる.す…(3)
    discriminating・know・write
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