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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

執しゅう着ちゃく

shuuchaku

attachment, fixation

しゅうじゃく is a less common reading. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは弁護士べんごしになれるという希望きぼうに執着しゅうちゃくしていた。

    He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 武士ぶしは、土地とちに対たいする執着しゅうちゃくが強つよかった。

    A samurai was strongly attached to owning land.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 家康以来いえやすいらい、代々だいだいの将軍しょうぐんは能のうを愛好あいこうしてきたが、綱吉つなよしはその中なかでも「能狂のうきょう」と言いわれるほどの執着しゅうちゃくを示しめした。

    From Ieyasu onwards, the shoguns appreciated Noh, especially Tsunayoshi, who had such a deep attachment to it that he was called 'Noh crazy.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 執着

  • 執tenacious; take holdOnシツ・シュウKunとる
  • 着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく

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