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    3. 自戒

    自戒

    自じ戒かい

    self-admonition

    KMT9News #26+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    じかい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    self-admonition

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    彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいを自じ戒かいの念ねんとして心こころに刻きざんだ。

    He engraved his failure in his heart as a self-admonition.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    常つねに自じ戒かいの気き持もちを持もち、謙けん虚きょに学まなぶ姿し勢せいが大たい切せつです。

    It is important to always have a feeling of self-admonition and a humble attitude towards learning.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    過か去この過あやまちを自じ戒かいの糧かてとし、未み来らいの行こう動どうに活いかすべきだ。

    We should use past mistakes as fuel for self-admonition and apply them to future actions.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    成せい功こうの裏うらには、常つねに自じ戒かいを忘わすれず努ど力りょくを続つづける姿し勢せいがあった。

    Behind his success was an attitude of continuous effort, never forgetting self-admonition.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえには、自じ戒かいを通つうじて自じ己こを律りっする思し想そうが含ふくまれています。

    Buddhist teachings include the idea of self-discipline through self-admonition.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    戒
    いまし.める…(1)
    commandment
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