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    3. 宿命

    宿命

    宿しゅく命めい

    fate

    N1KMT7News #14+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    しゅくめい

    Noun

    1.
    fate, destiny, predestination

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    それは彼かれの宿しゅく命めいだった。

    That was his destiny.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    彼かれらは出で会あうべくして出で会あった、まさに宿しゅく命めい的てきな出で会あいだった。

    They were destined to meet; it was truly a fated encounter.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、過か去この行おこないが現げん在ざいの宿しゅく命めいを決けっ定ていすると考かんがえられている。

    In Buddhism, it is believed that past actions determine one's present destiny.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    彼かれの悲ひ劇げき的てきな結けつ末まつは、まるで避さけられない宿しゅく命めいのように感かんじられた。

    His tragic end felt like an unavoidable destiny.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    人にん間げんは自じ分ぶんの宿しゅく命めいに抗はむかうことができるのか、それともただ受うけ入いれるしかないのか。

    Can humans resist their own destiny, or must they simply accept it?

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychologyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    宿
    やど・やど.る・やど.す…(4)
    inn・lodging・relay station・dwell・lodge…(3)
    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
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