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肝に銘じる (きもにめいじる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Conjugation 肝に銘じる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 肝きも に 銘めい じる 肝きも に 銘めい じない Polite 肝きも に 銘めい じます 肝きも に 銘めい じません Past polite 肝きも に 銘めい じました 肝きも に 銘めい じませんでした Past 肝きも に 銘めい じた 肝きも に 銘めい じなかった Te-form 肝きも に 銘めい じて 肝きも に 銘めい じないで Desire 肝きも に 銘めい じたい 肝きも に 銘めい じたくない Potential 肝きも に 銘めい じられる also 肝きも に 銘めい じれる 肝きも に 銘めい じられない also 肝きも に 銘めい じれない Passive 肝きも に 銘めい じられる 肝きも に 銘めい じられない Causative 肝きも に 銘めい じさせる 肝きも に 銘めい じさせない Causative passive 肝きも に 銘めい じさせられる 肝きも に 銘めい じさせられない Volitional 肝きも に 銘めい じよう Polite volitional 肝きも に 銘めい じましょう Imperative 肝きも に 銘めい じろ 肝きも に 銘めい じるな Conditional 肝きも に 銘めい じれば 肝きも に 銘めい じなければ Tara conditional 肝きも に 銘めい じたら 肝きも に 銘めい じなかったら
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先せん 生せい の 言こと 葉ば を 肝きも に 銘めい じ て 、 これ から 努ど 力りょく し ます 。
I will take my teacher's words to heart and do my best from now on.
Let's engrave this failure on our hearts and make sure we don't repeat the same mistake.
Kanji 銘 inscription, signature (of artisan) Related words 心こころ に 刻きざ む Similar meaning of 'engrave on one's heart', but uses 心 (heart/mind) and 刻む (to carve). More literal and slightly less idiomatic than 肝に銘じる.
胸むね に 刻きざ む Also means 'to engrave on one's heart', with 胸 (chest/heart). Similar nuance, but 肝に銘じる emphasizes the liver as the seat of courage/spirit in traditional Japanese thought.
Written forms 肝きも に 銘めい じる
Standard kanji spelling for this idiomatic expression.
肝きも に 命めい じる
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 命じる is a common mistake for 銘じる in this expression.
Etymology The expression combines 肝 (liver, considered the seat of courage and spirit in traditional Japanese/Chinese medicine) with 銘じる (to inscribe, engrave). The literal meaning is 'to engrave on one's liver', figuratively meaning to deeply internalize something. The irregular form 肝に命じる likely arises from confusion with the homophonous 命じる (to command).
