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薫育 (くんいく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

薫くん育いく

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

moral influence; moral education

Formal term for cultivating character through positive moral influence, often used in educational or ethical contexts.

教きょう師しは生せい徒との薫くん育いくに努つとめるべきだ。
Teachers should strive for the moral education of their students.
彼かれの薫

くん

育いく

に

よっ

て

多おお

く

の

若わか

者もの

が

感かん

化か

さ

れ

た

。

Many young people were influenced by his moral guidance.

Kanji

薫send forth fragrance, fragrant, be scented
育bring up, grow up, raise

Similar words

教きょう育いく
教育 is the general term for education, while 薫育 specifically emphasizes moral or character cultivation through influence.
感かん化か
感化 refers to being influenced or inspired, often in a positive moral sense, but is more about the effect on a person rather than the deliberate act of cultivation.

Etymology

Compound of 薫 (くん, 'fragrance; influence') and 育 (いく, 'nurture; raise'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the idea of nurturing through a pervasive, positive influence.