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執着

しゅうじゃく

attachment; clinging; obsession; tenacity

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Examples

  1. 金に執着しすぎるのはよくない。

    かねにしゅうじゃくしすぎるのはよくない。

    It isn't good to be too attached to money.

  2. 彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。

    かれはべんごしになれるというきぼうにしゅうじゃくしていた。

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

  3. 過去の栄光への執着を捨てられない人は多い。

    かこのえいこうへのしゅうじゃくをすてられないひとはおおい。

    Many people cannot let go of their attachment to past glories.

Common patterns

～に執着する
to be attached to / obsessed with
執着心
tenacity; obsessiveness
地位に執着する
to cling to one's position

Memory tip

In modern Japanese this is normally read しゅうちゃく; しゅうじゃく is the older Buddhist reading, still heard in religious contexts. The colouring is usually negative — clinging you ought to let go of — unlike 愛着, which is warm fondness for something familiar.

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