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    3. 固執

    固執

    固こ執しつ

    sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.)

    KMT10News #46+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    こしつこしゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.), clinging to, adherence, persistence, insistence

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの意い見けんに固こ執しつしている。

    He is sticking to his own opinion.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    過か去この成せい功こう体たい験けんに固こ執しつすると、新あたらしい進しん歩ぽは望のぞめない。

    If you cling to past successes, you cannot expect new progress.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    科か学がく者しゃは、既き存ぞんの理り論ろんに固こ執しつせず、常つねに新あたらしい可か能のう性せいを探たん求きゅうすべきだ。

    Scientists should not cling to existing theories but always explore new possibilities.

    KMT10Science & MathEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんに固こ執しつし、どんな困こん難なんにも屈くっしなかった。

    She clung to her beliefs and did not yield to any difficulties.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    伝でん統とうに固こ執しつしすぎると、時じ代だいの変へん化かに対たい応おうできなくなることもある。

    Clinging too much to tradition can sometimes make it difficult to adapt to changing times.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    固
    かた.める・かた.まる・かた.まり・かた.い…(1)
    harden・set・clot・curdle
    執
    と.る…(3)
    tenacious・take hold・grasp・take to heart
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