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    3. 精進

    精進

    精しょう進じん

    concentration

    KMT9News #25+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    しょうじんそうじんしょうじそうじ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    concentration, diligence, devotion
    2.
    asceticism, zeal in one's quest for enlightenment
    Buddhism
    3.
    adherence to a vegetarian diet

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    彼かれは学がく業ぎょうに精しょう進じんしている。

    He is diligently devoted to his studies.

    KMT6EducationDaily Life
    彼かれは技ぎ術じゅつの向こう上じょうに精しょう進じんし、ついにプロになった。

    He diligently worked on improving his skills and finally became a professional.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    毎まい日にち精しょう進じんを重かさねて、目もく標ひょう達たっ成せいを目め指ざします。

    I will strive diligently every day to achieve my goals.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    禅ぜん僧そうは厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうと精しょう進じんの日ひ々びを送おくる。

    Zen monks lead days of strict training and devotion.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、精しょう進じん料りょう理りは肉にくや魚さかなを使つかわない料りょう理りを指さします。

    In Buddhism, shojin ryori refers to dishes that do not use meat or fish.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFood & DiningCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    精
    しら.げる・くわ.しい…(3)
    refined・ghost・fairy・energy・vitality…(4)
    進
    すす.む・すす.める…(2)
    advance・proceed・progress・promote
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