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    3. 自意識

    自意識

    自じ意い識しき

    self-consciousness

    KMT10News #46+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab38 strokes

    じいしき

    Noun

    1.
    self-consciousness

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    彼かれは自じ意い識しきが強つよい。

    He is very self-conscious.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    思し春しゅん期きには、自じ意い識しきが過か剰じょうになる傾けい向こうがある。

    During adolescence, there is a tendency for self-consciousness to become excessive.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    芸げい術じゅつ家かにとって、自じ意い識しきは創そう作さくの源もとにもなり得うるが、同どう時じに足あしかせにもなり得うる。

    For artists, self-consciousness can be a source of creativity, but at the same time, it can also be a hindrance.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    彼かれの自じ意い識しきの高たかさは、周しゅう囲いの目めを気きにしすぎるあまり、行こう動どうを制せい限げんしてしまう。

    His high self-consciousness restricts his actions because he worries too much about what others think.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    哲てつ学がくでは、自じ意い識しきの起き源げんやその本ほん質しつについて深ふかく考こう察さつされてきた。

    In philosophy, the origin and essence of self-consciousness have been deeply contemplated.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
    識
    し.る・しる.す…(3)
    discriminating・know・write
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