Kanji compounds#7,257 most used

理念

りねん1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

foundational principle; idea

ITS KANJI

理reasonread り here39 words ›念thoughtread ねん here17 words ›

HOW IT SOUNDS

Formal

IN A SENTENCE

戦後せんご日本にほんでは民主みんしゅ主義しゅぎの理念りねんが普及ふきゅうした。

After the war, the idea of democracy spread throughout Japan.

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IN OTHER SENTENCES

これらの理念りねんは憲法けんぽうに具体ぐたい化かされている。

These ideas are embodied in the constitution.

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MEANING

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

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 理念 this one meaning.

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#7,257 most used

Written理念 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium