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    3. 処世

    処世

    処しょ世せい

    making one's way through life

    KMT10News #40+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    しょせい

    Noun

    1.
    making one's way through life, conduct of one's life

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは処しょ世せい術じゅつに長ながけている。

    He is skilled at making his way through life.

    KMT8Daily Life
    処しょ世せいの知ち恵えは、経けい験けんを積つむことで身みにつくものだ。

    The wisdom of conducting one's life is acquired through accumulating experience.

    KMT10Daily LifeEducation
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいて、処しょ世せいの道 は複ふく雑ざつであり、柔じゅ軟うな思んなし考こうが求もとめられる。

    In modern society, the path of making one's way through life is complex, requiring flexible thinking.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    処しょ世せいの困こん難なんに直ちょく面めんしながらも、彼かれは前まえ向むきに生いきていた。

    Even while facing the difficulties of life, he lived positively.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    処しょ世せい訓くんとして、常つねに誠せい実じつであるべきだと教おしえられた。

    As a life lesson, I was taught that one should always be sincere.

    KMT10Daily LifeEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    処
    ところ・-こ・お.る…(1)
    dispose・manage・deal with・sentence・condemn…(3)
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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