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Japanese - English Dictionary - Words in Abstinence [禁欲の言葉]

Abstinence [禁欲]

Abstinence
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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[あっ(圧)·さつ(殺)]
assatsu
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. crushing to death
  2. crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing; stifling
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[きん(禁)·しゅ(酒)]
kinshu
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. abstinence from alcohol; temperance
  2. prohibition of drinking
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[きん(禁)·よく(欲)]
kinyoku
noun, suru verb

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[きん(禁)·よく(慾)]
kinyoku

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
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[じゅん(純)·けつ(潔)]
junketsu
na adjective, no adjective, noun

English Meanings:

na adjective, no adjective, noun
  1. purity; chastity
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[せっ(節)·しゅ(酒)]
sesshu
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. temperance; sobriety; moderation in drink
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[せっ(節)·せい(制)]
sessei
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. moderation; self-restraint; temperance
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[だん(断)·じき(食)]
danjiki
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. fasting; fast
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[てい(貞)·けつ(潔)]
teiketsu
na adjective, noun

English Meanings:

na adjective, noun
  1. chastity; purity
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[てい(貞)·しゅく(淑)]
teishuku
na adjective, noun

English Meanings:

na adjective, noun
  1. chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
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[てい(貞)·せつ(節)]
teisetsu
noun, na adjective

English Meanings:

noun, na adjective
  1. chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue
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[てい(貞)·そう(操)]
teisou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. chastity; virtue; fidelity
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[よく(抑)·あつ(圧)]
yokuatsu
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. check; restraint; oppression; suppression
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[よく(抑)·し(止)]
yokushi
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit; deterrent; deterrence
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[よく(抑)·せい(制)]
yokusei
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb
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[お(押)·さ·え·る]
osaeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[おさ(押)·え·る]
osaeru

English Meanings:

ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pin down; to hold down; to press down (also written as 圧さえる)
  2. to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
  3. to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
  4. to grasp (a point); to comprehend
  5. to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain
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[せい(制)·ぎょ(御)]
seigyo
noun, suru verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[せい(制)·ぎょ(禦)]
seigyo
[せい(制)·ぎょ(馭)]
seigyo

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. control (of a machine, device, etc.)
  2. control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check
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[おさ(抑)·え]
osae
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[お(押)·さ·え]
osae
[おさ(押)·え]
osae

English Meanings:

noun
  1. weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down
  2. keeping control; exercising authority
  3. having self-control; exercising self-discipline
  4. defense; guard; deterrence
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[ぜっ(絶)·しょく(食)]
zesshoku
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. fasting
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[ふ(不)·ぼん(犯)]
fubon
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate
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[とく(徳)·そう(操)]
tokusou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. strong, immovable sense of morality; high moral character; chastity; virtue
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