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しゅうちゃく

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verb

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Meanings

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

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Example sentences

かれ過去かこ失敗しっぱい執着しゅうちゃくしている

He is clinging to his past failures.

ものへの執着しゅうちゃくてることで、こころかるくなった。

By letting go of attachment to material things, my heart became lighter.

彼女かのじょ自分じぶん意見いけん執着しゅうちゃくするあまり、周囲しゅういこえみみさなかった。

She was so fixated on her own opinion that she refused to listen to those around her.

名声めいせいへの執着しゅうちゃくかれくるしめつづけた。

His obsession with fame continued to torment him.

仏教ぶっきょうおしえによれば、くるしみの根本こんぽん執着しゅうちゃくにあるとされている。

According to Buddhist teachings, the root of suffering is said to lie in attachment.