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    3. 私心

    私心

    私し心しん

    selfishness

    KMT10News #46+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ししん

    Noun

    1.
    selfishness, selfish motive

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    彼かれは私し心しんがない人ひとだ。

    He is a person without selfishness.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの行こう動どうには一いっ切さいの私し心しんが見みられない。

    No selfishness whatsoever can be seen in his actions.

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    リーダーは私し心しんを捨すて、組そ織しき全ぜん体たいの利り益えきを最さい優ゆう先せんすべきだ。

    A leader should abandon selfishness and prioritize the interests of the entire organization.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerPolitics & Law
    彼かの女じょは私し心しんなく困こまっている人ひと々びとを助たすけた。

    She helped people in need without any selfish motives.

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    政せい治じ家かは私し心しんにとらわれず、国こく民みんのために尽じん力りょくすることが求もとめられる。

    Politicians are expected to work hard for the nation without being swayed by selfish motives.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
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