旨 – Vocabulary details

旨むね

Noun

1. principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

父ちちは何なに事ごとも正しょう直じきを旨むねに生いきてきた。My father has always lived by the principle of honesty in everything.

2. purport; gist; drift; meaning

きっとそういう旨むねのことを言いっていたのだと思おもう。I think they were probably saying something to that effect.

3. instructions; orders; intention; wishes

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(words to) that effect

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

God's will

安あん全ぜん第だい一いちを旨むねに作さ業ぎょうを進すすめる。

We carry out the work with 'safety first' as our principle.

きっとそういう旨むねのことを言いっていたのだと思おもう。

I think they were probably saying something to that effect.

父ちちは何なに事ごとも正しょう直じきを旨むねに生いきてきた。

My father has always lived by the principle of honesty in everything.

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