取しゅ

noun

appropriation; obtaining; clinging

Buddhist technical term, specifically the ninth link in the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (十二因縁). Refers to the act of grasping or clinging to objects of desire, which leads to becoming and suffering. Rare outside Buddhist contexts.

See also: 十二因縁

• 十じゅう二に因いん縁ねんでは、取しゅは愛あいから生しょうじる執しゅう着ちゃくを指さす。

  In the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, 取 refers to the attachment that arises from craving.