克こっ己き

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint

A somewhat formal or literary term for controlling one's own desires and impulses. Often used in philosophical or self-improvement contexts.

• 克こっ己き心しんを養やしなうことは、人じん格かく形けい成せいに重じゅう要ようだ。

  Cultivating self-control is important for character development.

• 彼かれは誘ゆう惑わくに負まけず、克こっ己きした。

  He resisted temptation and exercised self-restraint.