執着

しゅうちゃく · also しゅうじゃく

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity

JLPT N1 common word Also written 執著

Meaning

nvsvi
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession; clinging (e.g. to old customs)

Example sentences

彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。

He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.