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N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

(さと)to perceive, to sense, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment

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    1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to perceive, to sense, to become aware, to notice, to detect, to discern

    2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to understand, to comprehend, to realize

    3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to attain enlightenment

      Buddhism

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    悟る 【さとる】覚る 【さとる】

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      死期(しき)(さと)ったから遺書(いしょ)()いた。

      I wrote a will because I sensed my death was near.

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      失敗(しっぱい)(さと)られないように平静(へいせい)(よそお)う。

      To pretend to be calm so as not to let others realize your failure.

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      (てら)修行(しゅぎょう)(はじ)めてから(さと)まで、(さん)年間(ねんかん)かかりました。

      It took me three years from when I started training at the temple until I achieved enlightenment.

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      もしも先輩(せんぱい)(わたし)のミスの(こと)重大(じゅうだい)さを(さと)ったら、(わたし)(ばち)(あた)()る。

      If my senior realized the seriousness of my mistake, they could punish me.

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      仏法(ぶっぽう)真理(しんり)(さと)っているあの僧侶(そうりょ)なら、欲望(よくぼう)()けて自我(じが)(わす)れる(こと)などありません。

      That monk who has been enlightened to the truth of Buddhism would never succumb to desires and forget his ego.

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