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    3. 独断

    独断

    独どく断だん

    one's own judgement (judgment)

    KMT7News #17+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    どくだん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Particle

    1.
    one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision

    Noun

    2.
    dogmatism

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    彼かれの独どく断だんで物もの事ごとが決きまった。

    Things were decided by his arbitrary judgment.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    独どく断だんで行こう動どうするのは危き険けんだ。

    Acting on one's own judgment is dangerous.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    彼かれの独どく断だん的てきな態たい度どは、周しゅう囲いの反はん発ぱつを招まねいた。

    His arbitrary attitude invited opposition from those around him.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    重じゅう要ような決けっ定ていは、独どく断だんではなく合ごう議ぎで行おこなうべきだ。

    Important decisions should be made through consultation, not by arbitrary judgment.

    KMT7Work & CareerPolitics & LawCore Concepts
    チームの意い見けんを聞きかず、独どく断だんでプロジェクトを進すすめた結けっ果か、失しっ敗ぱいした。

    As a result of proceeding with the project based on his own judgment without listening to the team's opinions, it failed.

    KMT8Work & CareerEmotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    独
    ひと.り…(4)
    single・alone・spontaneously・Germany
    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
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