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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession; clinging (e.g. to old customs)
過去の失敗に執着しても仕方がない。
It's no use clinging to past failures.
彼は成功への執着が人一倍強いと言われている。
His attachment to success is exceptionally strong.
物への執着を捨てて身軽になった。
I let go of attachment to things and became freer.