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執着: attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs) | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

執着(しゅうちゃく)

しゅうちゃく

attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs)

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Reading and meaning

Reading: しゅうちゃく
Romaji: shuuchaku
Meaning: attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs)
Word type: noun

FuriganaEnglish

過去(かこ)の成功(せいこう)に執着(しゅうちゃく)していては、新(あら)たな可能性(かのうせい)を見(み)いだせない。
If you remain fixated on past successes, you will be unable to discover new possibilities.
彼(かれ)は名誉(めいよ)への執着(しゅうちゃく)を捨(す)て、静(しず)かな生活(せいかつ

)

を

選(えら)

んだ。

He abandoned his attachment to honor and chose a quiet life.

彼女(かのじょ)は細部(さいぶ)への執着(しゅうちゃく)が強(つよ)い。

She has a strong fixation on details.

物(もの)への執着(しゅうちゃく)を手放(てばな)すと、心(こころ)が軽(かる)くなる。

When you let go of your attachment to possessions, your heart feels lighter.