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未練: lingering attachment, lingering affection, regret, reluctance, ruefulness | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

未練(みれん)

みれん

lingering attachment, lingering affection, regret, reluctance, ruefulness

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Reading: みれん
Romaji: miren
Meaning: lingering attachment, lingering affection, regret, reluctance, ruefulness
Word type: noun

FuriganaEnglish

過去(かこ)の栄光(えいこう)に未練(みれん)を抱(だ)いていては、前(まえ)に進(すす)めない。
If you remain attached to past glory, you cannot move forward.
別(わか)れた恋人(こいびと)への未練(みれん)を断(た)ち切(き)るには、時間(じかん)が

必要(ひつよう)

だ。

It takes time to let go of lingering feelings for a former lover.

故郷(こきょう)を離(はな)れる朝(あさ)、彼(かれ)は町(まち)に未練(みれん)を見(み)せなかった。

On the morning he left his hometown, he showed no lingering attachment to the town.

彼(かれ)は捨(す)てたはずの夢(ゆめ)に未練(みれん)がある。

He still has lingering feelings for the dream he supposedly abandoned.