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    3. 退治

    退治

    退たい治じ

    extermination

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    対治

    たいじ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    extermination, elimination, eradication, destruction, suppression, subjugation, getting rid of, stamping out, wiping out, rooting out
    2.
    renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings)
    Buddhism
    3.
    curing (an illness)

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    害がい虫ちゅうを退たい治じしました。

    I exterminated the pests.

    KMT6Daily LifeAnimals
    昔むかし話ばなしでは、鬼おにを退たい治じする英えい雄ゆうがよく登とう場じょうします。

    In old tales, heroes who subjugate ogres often appear.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    源みなも頼とのよ光りみつは酒しゅて呑ん童どう子じを退たい治じしたことで知しられています。

    Minamoto no Yorimitsu is known for subjugating Shuten Doji.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    社しゃ会かいに蔓はびこるふせ延いをたいじする不ため正にはを退つよいいしとこうど治うりょくがひつようでするためには、強 い意 志 と行 動 力 が必 要 です。

    To eradicate the widespread injustice in society, strong will and initiative are necessary.

    KMT9Politics & LawCore Concepts
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは煩ぼんの悩うを退たい治じし、悟さとりを開ひらくことが目め指ざされます。

    In Buddhism, the goal is to renounce worldly desires and attain enlightenment.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    退
    しりぞ.く・しりぞ.ける・ひ.く・の.く・の.ける・ど.く…(1)
    retreat・withdraw・retire・resign・repel…(2)
    治
    おさ.める・おさ.まる・なお.る・なお.す…(7)
    reign・be at peace・calm down・subdue・quell…(5)
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