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野心 (やしん): ambition, aspiration — Japanese vocabulary

野心 is read やしん and means "ambition, aspiration". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

野心

Reading
やしん · yashin
Translation
ambition, aspiration
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
やしんがやしんが

Example

彼は権力獲得に野心満々だ。

かれはけんりょくかくとくにやしんまんまんだ。

He is full of ambition for power.

Kanji in this word

  • 野 — field, plains
  • 心 — heart, mind

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