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    3. 執着

    執着

    執しゅう着ちゃく

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    N1KMT8News #22+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    執著

    しゅうちゃくしゅうじゃく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs)

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    彼かれは古ふるい習しゅう慣ちゃに執く着ししている。

    He is clinging to old customs.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    物ものへの執しゅう着ちゃくを手て放ばなすのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to let go of attachment to things.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    過か去この栄えい光こうに執しゅう着ちゃくせず、前まえ向むきに進すすむべきだ。

    One should not cling to past glories but move forward positively.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    成せい功こうへの過か度どな執しゅう着ちゃくは、かえって失しっ敗ぱいを招まねくことがある。

    Excessive attachment to success can, on the contrary, lead to failure.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    伝でん統とう的てきな価かち値か観んしゅに執うちゃ着くしすぎるのは、新あたらしい文ぶん化かの発はっ展てんを妨さまたげる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Clinging too much to traditional values can hinder the development of new culture.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    執
    と.る…(3)
    tenacious・take hold・grasp・take to heart
    着
    き.る・き.せる・つ.く・つ.ける…(2)
    don・arrive・wear・counter for suits of clothing
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