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    3. 服従

    服従

    服ふく従じゅう

    obedience

    KMT9News #31+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ふくじゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    obedience, submission, resignation

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは命めい令れいに服ふく従じゅうした。

    He obeyed the order.

    KMT7Core Concepts
    権けん威いへの盲もう目もく的てきな服ふく従じゅうは、危き険けんな結けっ果かを招まねくことがある。

    Blind obedience to authority can sometimes lead to dangerous consequences.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    敗はい戦せん国こくは、戦せん勝しょう国こくの要よう求きゅうに服ふく従じゅうせざるを得えなかった。

    The defeated nation had no choice but to submit to the demands of the victorious nation.

    KMT9Politics & LawHistory
    訓くん練れんされた犬いぬは、飼かい主ぬしの指し示じに完かん全ぜんに服ふく従じゅうする。

    A trained dog completely obeys its owner's commands.

    KMT9AnimalsDaily Life
    厳きびしい状じょう況きょう下かでも、彼かれは運うん命めいに服ふく従じゅうすることなく、最さい後ごまで抵てい抗こうした。

    Even under harsh circumstances, he resisted until the very end, without submitting to fate.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    服
    clothing・admit・obey・discharge
    従
    したが.う・したが.える・より…(3)
    accompany・obey・submit to・comply・follow…(3)
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