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    3. 清貧

    清貧

    清せい貧ひん

    honourable poverty

    KMT9News #23+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    せいひん

    Noun

    1.
    honourable poverty, honorable poverty

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    彼かれは清せい貧ひんな生せい活かつを送おくっていました。

    He lived a life of honorable poverty.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    多おおくの思し想そう家かは、清せい貧ひんを尊とうとい生かたき方 だと考かんがえていました。

    Many thinkers considered honorable poverty to be a noble way of life.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな美び意い識しきには、清せい貧ひんの精せい神しんが根ね付づいています。

    The spirit of honorable poverty is rooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    彼かれは清せい貧ひんを旨むねとし、物ぶっ質しつ的てきな豊ゆたかさよりも精せい神しん的てきな充じゅう足そくを求もとめた。

    He made honorable poverty his principle, seeking spiritual fulfillment rather than material wealth.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいて清せい貧ひんの思し想そうを実じっ践せんすることは、容よう易いなことではありません。

    Practicing the philosophy of honorable poverty in modern society is not an easy task.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    清
    きよ.い・きよ.まる・きよ.める…(10)
    pure・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu dynasty
    貧
    まず.しい…(2)
    poverty・poor
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