Attitudes
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彼は数々の業績を上げながらも、決して驕ることなく謙虚な姿勢を貫いている。
ENDespite his numerous accomplishments, he never lets it go to his head and maintains a consistently humble attitude.
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成功した経営者ほど、市場の変化に対して謙虚であらねばならないと自らを戒めている。
ENThe more successful an executive is, the more they remind themselves that they must remain humble in the face of market shifts.
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批判を虚心坦懐に受け止める謙虚さこそが、研究者に求められる素養だ。
ENThe humility to receive criticism with an open and unprejudiced mind is precisely the quality demanded of a researcher.
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あの評論家の物言いには、他者を見下すような傲慢さが滲み出ている。
ENThat critic's way of speaking exudes an arrogance that looks down on everyone else.
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権力を握った途端に傲慢になる政治家は、遠からず民意に見放されるだろう。
ENA politician who turns arrogant the moment they seize power will, before long, be abandoned by the will of the people.
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己の才を過信する傲慢さが、彼の転落を招いたのは否めない。
ENThere is no denying that the arrogance of overestimating his own talent brought about his downfall.
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幾多の修羅場をくぐり抜けた彼女は、もはや生死すら達観しているかのようだ。
ENHaving come through countless ordeals, she now seems to view even life and death with a serene detachment.
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老師は世俗の栄枯盛衰を達観した眼差しで、静かに時代を眺めていた。
ENThe old master gazed quietly upon the age with eyes that had risen above the rise and fall of worldly fortunes.
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一喜一憂せず物事を達観できるようになったのは、齢を重ねた恩恵かもしれない。
ENPerhaps it is a blessing of age that I have come to view things with detachment, no longer swayed by every high and low.
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些細な意地から意固地になり、和解の機会をみすみす逃してしまった。
ENOut of petty pride I dug in my heels, and thus let a chance for reconciliation slip right through my fingers.
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彼は一度言い出したら意固地になって、周囲の忠告に一切耳を貸さない。
ENOnce he has said something, he digs in stubbornly and refuses to lend an ear to any advice from those around him.
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傷ついた自尊心のせいで、彼女はますます意固地に殻へ閉じこもっていった。
ENBecause of her wounded pride, she withdrew ever more obstinately into her shell.
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逆境にあっても折れることのない、しなやかな精神をこそ養うべきだ。
ENWhat we ought to cultivate is a supple spirit that does not break even in adversity.
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彼女の思考は極めてしなやかで、いかなる難題にも柔軟に対応してみせる。
ENHer thinking is remarkably supple, and she manages to respond flexibly to any difficult problem.
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竹のようにしなやかな組織こそが、激変する時代を生き延びる。
ENIt is organizations supple like bamboo that survive an era of upheaval.
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異なる価値観に対する寛容さを欠いた社会は、遠からず内側から瓦解する。
ENA society that lacks tolerance for differing values will, before long, crumble from within.
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過ちを一度は許す寛容さと、二度と繰り返させぬ厳しさを併せ持つべきだ。
ENOne ought to possess both the tolerance to forgive a mistake once and the sternness to never let it be repeated.
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多様性を標榜しながら、異論に対しては驚くほど不寛容な人々がいる。
ENThere are people who champion diversity yet are astonishingly intolerant of dissenting views.
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父は頑固一徹で、一度決めた信条を曲げることは終ぞなかった。
ENMy father was unbendingly stubborn, and he never once bent a principle he had settled on.
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職人の頑固なまでのこだわりが、この比類なき品質を支えている。
ENIt is the craftsman's almost stubborn insistence that underpins this unrivaled quality.
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老いてなお頑固さを増す彼を、家族は半ば匙を投げて見守っている。
ENAs he grows only more stubborn with age, his family looks on, half having given up on him.
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自らの非を認め、潔く責任を取って辞任した彼の態度は称賛に値する。
ENHis conduct — admitting his fault and resigning to take responsibility with good grace — is worthy of praise.
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敗北を潔く受け入れる姿にこそ、真の品格が滲み出るものだ。
ENIt is precisely in accepting defeat gracefully that one's true dignity shines through.
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未練がましく弁明を重ねるより、潔く身を引く方がよほど美しい。
ENFar more admirable than clinging on with excuse after excuse is to withdraw cleanly and with grace.
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証拠を突きつけられてなお言い逃れを続けるとは、往生際が悪いにも程がある。
ENTo keep making excuses even when confronted with the evidence — there is a limit to how poorly one can accept the inevitable.
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彼は敗色濃厚となるや、実に往生際よくあっさりと非を認めた。
ENThe moment defeat looked all but certain, he acknowledged his fault at once, accepting the inevitable with admirable grace.
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往生際の悪さを露呈した候補者は、有権者の信頼を一気に失った。
ENThe candidate, having exposed his inability to accept defeat gracefully, lost the voters' trust in one stroke.
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傲慢さを捨て謙虚に学ぶ者だけが、真の熟達へと辿り着く。
ENOnly those who cast off arrogance and learn with humility arrive at true mastery.
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頑固さと意固地は紙一重だが、信念のある頑固さには一種の風格が宿る。
ENStubbornness and mere obstinacy are but a hair apart, yet a stubbornness backed by conviction carries a certain dignity.
This theme teaches advanced N1 vocabulary for describing character and attitude — the humble (謙虚) and the arrogant (傲慢), the serenely detached (達観) and the obstinate (意固地), the supple (しなやか), the tolerant (寛容), the stubborn (頑固), and the graceful in defeat (潔い / 往生際). These words carry a literary, evaluative nuance and appear in commentary, essays, and reflective conversation among educated adults, as in 「批判を虚心坦懐に受け止める謙虚さ」, 「もはや生死すら達観しているかのようだ」, and 「証拠を突きつけられてなお言い逃れを続けるとは、往生際が悪い」.