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Japanese Purpose

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Category: Philosophy

• Foundational Lexiconreason for being
• Executive Parlancelife purpose
• Scholarly Discourseexistential raison d'être
• Babel ZenithIkigai

  Origin: Japanese

  Pronunciation: /iːkiˈɡaɪ/

Etymology & Meaning

A reason for being; the source of value in one's life.

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