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    3. 以心伝心

    以心伝心

    以いし心んで伝ん心しん

    telepathy

    KMT10News #41+1Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    いしんでんしん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    telepathy, tacit understanding, thought transference, communion of mind with mind
    yojijukugo

    Noun

    2.
    non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
    yojijukugoBuddhism

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    彼かれとは以い心しん伝でん心しんで通つうじ合あえる。

    We can understand each other through tacit understanding.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    長なが年ねん連つれ添そった夫ふう婦ふは、以い心しん伝でん心しんで分わかり合あえることが多おおい。

    Couples who have been together for many years often understand each other through tacit understanding.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    言こと葉ばを交かわさずとも、お互たがいの意い図とが伝つたわるのはまさに以い心しん伝でん心しんだ。

    For intentions to be conveyed without exchanging words, that is truly telepathy.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    チームメンバー間かんの以い心しん伝でん心しんは、プロジェクトの成せい功こうに不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    Tacit understanding among team members is essential for project success.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    禅ぜんの教おしえには、言こと葉ばを超こえた以い心しん伝でん心しんの境きょう地ちが重じゅう視しされる。

    In Zen teachings, the state of tacit understanding that transcends words is highly valued.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    以
    もっ.て…(2)
    by means of・because・in view of・compared with
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    伝
    つた.わる・つた.える・つた.う・つだ.う・-づた.い・つて…(3)
    transmit・go along・walk along・follow・report…(3)
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