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Question ID: 5650
Question
進学について両親に反対されたが、自分の意思を__________。
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Claudia writes:

進学について両親に反対されたが、自分の意思を__________。
徹した
貫いた
刺し通した
終始した

English: "My parents were against me commuting to school, but I stuck to my guns."

Key vocabulary:

通学(つうがく)- (to) commute to school

意思(いし)- intention, wish

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終始する(しゅうしする)- to do something from beginning to end

e.g. 彼女は落ち着いた態度に終始した。- She maintained a calm manner.

徹する(てっする)- to penetrate / devote oneself to / do throughout (e.g. the night)

e.g. 教師に徹する覚悟だ。- I'm ready to devote myself to being a teacher.

刺し通す(さしとおす)- to stab, run through (e.g. with a sword)

e.g. 彼は刀で身体を刺し通した。- He was stabbed through the body with a sword.

貫く(つらぬく)- to go through, pierce / run through (e.g. a river through a city) / to stick to (one's opinion, principles.)

e.g. 弾丸は彼を貫いた。- The bullet penetrated him.

e.g. 光は闇を貫く。- The light penetrates the darkness.

e.g. 主義を貫く。- Live up to one's principles.

As you can see, 貫く can piece "to pierce" as well as "to stick to one's beliefs".

It means 考えや態度などを変えることなく保ち続ける。貫徹する。 "to keep an idea or attitude unchanged." 

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