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    3. 無念

    無念

    無む念ねん

    regret

    N1KMT7News #16+1Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    むねん

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    regret, chagrin, mortification

    Noun

    2.
    freedom from obstructive thoughts
    Buddhism

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    試し合あいに負まけて無む念ねんだった。

    I felt regret after losing the game.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの死しは、多おおくの人ひと々びとに深ふかい無む念ねんを残のこした。

    His sudden death left many people with deep regret.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    長なが年ねんの努ど力りょくが実みを結むすばず、彼かれの心こころには無む念ねんの思おもいが募つのった。

    His years of effort bore no fruit, and a feeling of deep regret accumulated in his heart.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    無む念ねんを晴はらすため、彼かれは再ふたたび挑ちょう戦せんすることを誓ちかった。

    To overcome his regret, he vowed to challenge again.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    禅ぜんの修しゅ行ぎょうでは、無む念ねんの境きょう地ちに至いたることが目もく標ひょうとされる。

    In Zen training, reaching a state of freedom from obstructive thoughts is considered the goal.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
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