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    3. 犠牲

    犠牲

    犠ぎ牲せい

    sacrifice

    N1KMT6News #5+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    ぎせい

    Noun

    1.
    sacrifice
    2.
    victim (esp. someone killed), casualty
    abbreviation
    3.
    sacrifice (to a deity)

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    彼かれは家か族ぞくのために多おおくの犠ぎ牲せいを払はらった。

    He made many sacrifices for his family.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    災さい害がいで多おおくの人ひと々びとが犠ぎ牲せいになった。

    Many people became victims in the disaster.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    古こ代だいの儀ぎ式しきでは、神かみに動どう物ぶつを犠ぎ牲せいとして捧ささげた。

    In ancient rituals, animals were offered as sacrifices to the gods.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyAnimals
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの夢ゆめを犠ぎ牲せいにして、病びょう気きの母 親 の介かい護ごを選えらんだ。

    She sacrificed her own dreams and chose to care for her sick mother.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    科か学がくの進しん歩ぽは、しばしば環かん境きょうの犠ぎ牲せいの上うえに成なり立たっている。

    Scientific progress often comes at the expense of the environment.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    犠
    いけにえ…(2)
    sacrifice
    牲
    animal sacrifice・offering
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