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    3. 旧態

    旧態

    旧きゅう態たい

    old state of affairs

    KMT8News #21+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きゅうたい

    Noun

    1.
    old state of affairs

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    その会かい社しゃは旧きゅう態たい依い然ぜんとした経けい営えいを続つづけている。

    That company continues with its old, unchanged management style.

    KMT7Business & FinanceWork & Career
    改かい革かくを拒こばむ旧きゅう態たいの組そ織しきでは、新あたらしいアイデアは育そだたない。

    New ideas cannot grow in organizations that cling to old ways and refuse reform.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    伝でん統とう文ぶん化かの中なかにも、時じ代だいに合あわせて旧きゅう態たいを変へん化かさせるべき部ぶ分ぶんがある。

    Even within traditional culture, there are parts where old ways should be changed to suit the times.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsPolitics & Law
    旧きゅう態たいのシステムでは、現げん代だいのニーズに対たい応おうできない。

    Old systems cannot respond to modern needs.

    KMT8TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    彼かれは旧きゅう態たいを打だ破はし、新あたらしい時じ代だいにふさわしい社しゃ会かいを築きずこうと奮ふん闘とうした。

    He struggled to break down old ways and build a society suitable for a new era.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & LawCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    旧
    ふる.い・もと…(1)
    old times・old things・old friend・former・ex-
    態
    わざ.と…(1)
    attitude・condition・figure・appearance・voice (of verbs)
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