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執着 (しゅうちゃく): attachment, adhesion, tenacity — Japanese vocabulary

執着 is read しゅうちゃく and means "attachment, adhesion, tenacity". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

執着

Reading
しゅうちゃく · shuuchaku
Translation
attachment, adhesion, tenacity
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しゅうちゃくが

Example

彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。

かれはべんごしになれるというきぼうにしゅうちゃくしていた。

He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.

Kanji in this word

  • 執 — take, persevere
  • 着 — wear, arrive

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