N2309/1725

教きょう養よう

nounnoun (generic)

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きょうよう

Meanings

(understanding or appreciation of) culture, (one's) education, cultivation, sophistication, refinement

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは音楽おんがくや文学ぶんがくに深いふかい教養きょうようがある。

She has a deep cultural education in music and literature.

教養きょうようを身みにつけるために、毎日まいにち本ほんを読むよむ習慣しゅうかんをつけた。

In order to develop my cultural knowledge, I made a habit of reading books every day.

あの政治家せいじかは教養きょうようがあると言われていわれているが、実際じっさいはどうだろうか。

That politician is said to be well-educated and refined, but what is the reality, I wonder.

大学だいがくでは専門せんもん知識ちしきだけでなく、幅広いはばひろい教養きょうようも求められるもとめられる。

At university, not only specialized knowledge but also a broad general education is expected.

真しんの教養きょうようとは、知識ちしきを持つもつことではなく、それを人生じんせいに活かすいかす力ちからのことである。

True cultivation is not about possessing knowledge, but about the ability to apply it to one's life.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)