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    3. 理念

    理念

    理り念ねん

    (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights)

    KMT3News #3+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    りねん

    Noun

    1.
    (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights), foundational principle, idea, conception (e.g. of the university), doctrine, ideology

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    会かい社しゃの理り念ねんは何なんですか。

    What is the company's philosophy?

    KMT2Core ConceptsWork & Career
    彼かれの行こう動どうは彼かれの理り念ねんに基もとづいています。

    His actions are based on his principles.

    KMT3Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな理り念ねんが、人ひと々びとの生せい活かつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえています。

    Religious ideals have a great influence on people's lives.

    KMT4Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    この大だい学がくは、自じ由ゆうな学がく問もんの探たん求きゅうという理り念ねんを掲かかげています。

    This university upholds the ideal of free academic inquiry.

    KMT5EducationCore Concepts
    その政せい党とうは、社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎの理り念ねんを追つい求きゅうしています。

    That political party pursues the ideology of socialism.

    KMT5Politics & LawCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    理
    ことわり…(17)
    logic・arrangement・reason・justice・truth
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
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