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執念 (しゅうねん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun
tenacity ; persistence ; obsession
A deep, often unyielding fixation or drive to achieve something, sometimes with a negative or obsessive connotation. Commonly used in phrases like 執念を燃やす (burn with tenacity) or 執念で勝つ (win through sheer persistence).
その 研けん 究きゅう 者しゃ は 一ひと つ の テーマ に 執しゅう 念ねん を 燃も やし て いる 。
The researcher burns with obsession over a single topic.
Written forms 執しゅう 念ねん Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is almost always written this way.
しゅうねん Usage 1%
Kanji 執 tenacious, take hold, grasp Similar words 根こん 気き 根気 is steady patience and perseverance, while 執念 implies a more intense, sometimes obsessive fixation.
執しゅう 着ちゃく 執着 is attachment or clinging to something, often emotionally; 執念 is the resulting tenacious drive or obsession.
Etymology Compound of 執 (しゅう, 'to hold onto, tenacious') and 念 (ねん, 'thought, feeling'). The combination conveys a persistent, clinging thought or will.
