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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

広い心を持つ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hiroi kokoro o motsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Broad-minded/ˈbrɔːdˌmaɪn.dɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は広い心を持つことで知られています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a liberal or open-minded attitude towards different opinions, beliefs, or lifestyles.

    "She is known for her broad-minded approach to cultural differences."
  2. 2

    Willing to consider and accept a wide range of ideas or opinions.

    "His broad-minded perspective allows for constructive discussions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'broad' (Old English 'brād', meaning wide or expansive) and 'mind' (Old English 'gemynd', meaning memory or intellect), joined by the suffix '-ed' in the late 16th century. Historically, it evolved to describe a mental capacity that is wide-ranging, tolerant, and receptive to new ideas, directly reflecting the semantic scope of the Chinese phrase 开阔视野的.

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