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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

知的好奇心を持つことは重要だ。

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知的 好奇心 持つ こと 重要

English Translation

It is important to have intellectual curiosity.

Furigana

知的(ちてき)好奇心(こうきしん)()つことは重要(じゅうよう)だ。

Romanji

Chiteki kōkishin o motsu koto wa jūyō da.

Words

知的 (ちてき)
intellectual
好奇心 (こうきしん)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to