執念い

しゅうねい

stubborn, persistent

執念

しゅうねん

tenacity, implacability

執

しゅう

attachment, obsession, persistence

執拗い

しつこい

insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious

深い

ふかい

deep

執着

しゅうちゃく しゅうじゃく しゅうじゃく、しゅうちゃく

attachment, adhesion, tenacity, fixation, obsession

執筆

しっぴつ

writing (e.g. as a profession)

執事

しつじ

steward, butler

執行

しっこう しゅぎょう しゅうぎょう しぎょう

lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

我執

がしゅう

egotism, obstinacy

執心

しゅうしん

devotion, attachment, infatuation

執政

しっせい

administration, government, administrator, governor

執権

しっけん

regent to the shogunate

愛執

あいしゅう

attachment, covetous affection

偏執

へんしゅう へんしつ

bias, eccentricity, obstinacy

妄執

もうしゅう

deep-rooted delusion

執る

とる

to take (trouble), to attend (to business), to command (army)

確執

かくしつ

discord, antagonism

固執

こしつ こしゅう

adherence (e.g. to ideas, beliefs, a pet theory) (negative nuance), persistence, insistence, stubbornness