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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

心こころ構がまえ

kokorogamae

mental readiness, attitude

Example sentences

  1. 何事なにごとが起おころうとも、彼女かのじょはそれに対たいする心構こころがまえが出来できている。

    Should anything arise, she will be prepared for it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 俺おれはその日ひを受うけ入いれる心構こころがまえがある。

    I’m mentally prepared for that day to come.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 確たしかにライターをやっていたことはあるけど、あれは作業員さぎょういんという感かんじでクリエイターという感かんじではなかったな。いや仕事しごとの性質せいしつがということではなくて、自分自身じぶんじしんの心構こころがまえがそうだったということだけど。

    It’s true that I’ve been a writer before, but that felt more like I was a worker rather than a creator. It wasn’t the nature of the work itself so much as my own mindset about it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 心構

  • 心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ
  • 構posture; stanceOnコウKunかまえる・かまう

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