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    3. 迷信

    迷信

    迷めい信しん

    superstition

    N2KMT10News #37+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    めいしん

    Noun

    1.
    superstition, superstitious belief

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    それは古ふるい迷めい信しんです。

    That is an old superstition.

    KMT6Culture & Traditions
    彼かれは迷めい信しんを信しんじやすい。

    He is easily susceptible to superstitions.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    多おおくの迷めい信しんは、昔むかしから語かたり継つがれてきたものです。

    Many superstitions have been passed down since ancient times.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    科か学がく的てき根こん拠きょのない迷めい信しんは、時ときに人ひと々びとの行こう動どうに影えい響きょうを与あたえます。

    Superstitions without scientific basis sometimes influence people's behavior.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsScience & MathEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんには「夜よるに爪つめを切きると親おやの死しに目めに会あえない」という迷めい信しんがあります。

    In Japan, there is a superstition that "if you cut your nails at night, you won't be able to be with your parents when they die."

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    迷
    まよ.う…(1)
    astray・be perplexed・in doubt・lost・err…(1)
    信
    faith・truth・fidelity・trust
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