桎梏

しっこく
bonds
fetters

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しっこく【桎梏】

fetters; shackles; bonds; a yoke.

●その孤高の芸術家にも世間の桎梏が常につきまとった. Even such an aloof and solitary artist could never completely free himself from the shackles of society [convention].

●桎梏を脱する[逃れる] break [shake off] the fetters [bonds, shackles] 《of…》; cast [fling, shake, throw] off the yoke 《of…》; break away from the yoke 《of…》.

●家族に対する愛情が彼の桎梏となった. He was shackled [tied, bound] by bonds of affection to his family.