囚われ（とらわれ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 4)
Meaning: being bound / captive
Example sentences
- 固定観念の囚われから抜け出す。 — He escaped being trapped by fixed ideas.
- 過去への囚われを手放す。 — She let go of being bound to the past.
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