own cultivation

language: ja

definitions

  1. In the context of fantasy or martial arts literature, the process of training one's body and spirit to gain supernatural abilities, higher power levels, or immortality.
    ja: 自己修練
  2. The personal effort made to improve one's mind, character, morals, or intellectual abilities through study and practice.
    ja: 自己修養
  3. The act of farming or tilling land that belongs to an individual rather than a large entity or state.
    ja: 自営耕作

examples

  1. She spent decades in seclusion to perfect her own cultivation.

    彼女は自身の修行を完成させるため、数十年にわたって閉関に身を投じた。

  2. He believed that reading was essential to the own cultivation of his wisdom.

    彼は、読書は自身の知恵を養うために不可欠だと信じていた。

  3. They survived the harsh winter thanks to their own cultivation of vegetables.

    自分たちで育てた野菜のおかげで、彼らは厳しい冬を乗り越えることができた。