LingakuFrequency rank: 6,697. – 6,704.
- pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; transitive verb
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- pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.)
- search
- chase
- seeking after
This refers to the act of striving towards a particular objective or aspiration, often in a determined and ongoing manner.
This meaning implies looking for something or someone, often with intent or purpose.
This implies the act of following something or someone quickly in order to catch up with it.
This refers to the process of actively looking for or trying to obtain something, often indicating a deeper or more philosophical quest.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ついきゅう追求をするto pursue (a goal, ideal, etc.)りそう理想をついきゅう追求するto pursue an idealちしき知識のついきゅう追求pursuit of knowledgeじこ自己のせいちょう成長をついきゅう追求するto pursue personal growthしんり真理のついきゅう追求pursuit of truthじぞくてき持続的なついきゅう追求sustained pursuitじょうねつ情熱をもって持ってついきゅう追求するto pursue with passionもくひょう目標をついきゅう追求するto pursue a goalついきゅう追求のかてい過程the process of pursuitゆめ夢のついきゅう追求pursuit of a dream
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Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Human beings, whether they realise it or not, continually seek happiness.
However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.
Brokers struggling to make a profit don't always play by the book.
I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.
His was a life pursuing social status and power.
Women's rights groups are going after sexual harassment.
You shouldn't live merely in pursuit of your own happiness.
I am determined to spend my lifetime pursuing my ideals.
We must seek after the true, the good and the beautiful.
I resolved to spend the rest of my life pursuing my ideals.
This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.
16. ひとつ一つひとつ一つちがっていて違っていて、ひろびろ広々としたにわ庭があってみりょくてき魅力的ないえなみ家並が、もっぱらきのう機能だけをついきゅう追求したまんしょんマンションにとってかわられるとって代わられるが、このまんしょんマンションには、いきすぎ行き過ぎをおもえる思えるほどしょうさん賞賛されるきごう「げんだい現代のべんり便利なせつび設備きごう」いがい以外にほめる褒めるべきてん点はないのである。
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.