執着
しゅうじゃく · shuuchaku (also spelled shuchaku)
Attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs)
Other ways to say “attachment” in Japanese →
flat · what is pitch accent?
How it’s used
Used for strong, often unhealthy persistence in holding onto things, feelings, or ideas; implies stubbornness or obsession.
Often confused with こだわり (kodawari), which is positive persistence in details, whereas 執着 is negative fixation.
Example sentences
彼は過去の成功に執着している。
He is clinging to his past success.
Nihoner
彼女は若さに執着しすぎだ。
She is too obsessed with youth.
Nihoner
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 執着 (しゅうじゃく)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Learn its family in 60 seconds
6 words that share a kanji with 執着. Tap each card — then save only the ones that are new to you.
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Words that share a kanji
Questions
What does 執着 mean?
Attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs).
How do you pronounce 執着?
しゅうじゃく (shuuchaku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 執着?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
How do I remember 執着?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept