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宿命論者 (shukumeironja) Japanese meaning: fatalist | Kotomora

宿しゅく命めい論ろん者じゃ

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Meanings

1

A person who believes that all events are predetermined and inevitable.

彼かれは宿しゅく命めい論ろん者じゃだから、努ど力りょくしても無む駄だだ

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He is a fatalist, so he thinks effort is futile.

Kanji

宿inn, lodging, relay station
命fate, command, decree
論argument, discourse
者someone, person

Related words

宿しゅく命めい論ろん
宿命論 is the doctrine of fatalism, while 宿命論者 refers to a person who holds that belief.

Built from

宿しゅく命めい論ろん+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 宿命 (fate) + 論 (theory) + 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.