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    3. 意地

    意地

    意い地じ

    stubbornness

    N1KMT5News #11+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    いじ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    stubbornness, obstinacy, willpower, pride

    Noun

    2.
    disposition, nature

    Noun, Particle

    3.
    appetite, desire, greed

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    彼かれは意い地じを張はっています。

    He is being stubborn.

    KMT4Emotions & Psychology
    意い地じでもこの仕し事ごとをやり遂とげます。

    I'll finish this job out of sheer stubbornness/willpower.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    意い地じ悪わるなことを言いって、彼かの女じょを泣なかせてしまいました。

    I said something mean and made her cry.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    負まけず嫌ぎらいの意い地じが彼かれを成せい長ちょうさせました。

    His stubborn refusal to lose helped him grow.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの意い地じを通とおすために、どんな困こん難なんにも立たち向むかいました。

    She faced any difficulty to get her own way/out of pride.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
    地
    ground・earth
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