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理念

Reading

Kana: りねん
Romaji: rinen
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Definition

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

Kanji

Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

Example Sentences

これらの理念(りねん)憲法(けんぽう)具体化(ぐたいか)されている。
➥These ideas are embodied in the constitution.
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民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)貴重(きちょう)成果(せいか)国民(こくみん)にとって、非常(ひじょう)大切(たいせつ)なものである。だから国民(こくみん)はこの民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)理念(りねん)維持(いじ)するために(たたか)う。
➥The precious results of democracy are the apple of the people's eye and the people will fight to maintain these ideals.
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戦後(せんご)日本(にっぽん)では民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)理念(りねん)普及(ふきゅう)した。
➥After the war, the idea of democracy spread throughout Japan.
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