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    3. 惰性

    惰性

    惰だ性せい

    force of habit

    KMT9News #29+1Ref L2NounScience & MathEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    堕性

    だせい

    Noun

    1.
    force of habit
    2.
    inertia
    rare termphysics

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    惰だ性せいで毎まい日にち同おなじ道みちを通とおっている。

    I take the same road every day out of habit.

    KMT6Daily Life
    惰だ性せいで仕し事ごとを続つづけているが、新あたらしい挑ちょう戦せんもしたい。

    I continue working out of habit, but I also want to try new challenges.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    組そ織しきが大おおきくなると、惰だ性せいが働はたらき、変へん化かが難むずかしくなる。

    As organizations grow larger, inertia sets in, making change difficult.

    KMT9Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    惰だ性せいで付つき合あいを続つづけていると、お互たがいの気き持もちが見みえなくなる。

    If you continue a relationship out of habit, you lose sight of each other's feelings.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    物ぶつ理り学がくでは、物ぶっ体たいが現げん在ざいの運うん動どう状じょう態たいを保たもとうとする性せい質しつを惰だ性せいと呼よぶ。

    In physics, the property of an object to maintain its current state of motion is called inertia.

    KMT9Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    惰
    lazy・laziness
    性
    さが…(2)
    sex・gender・nature
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