胸(むね)に刻(きざ)む

彼(かれ)は七(しち)生(しょう)報(ほう)国(こく)を胸(むね)に刻(きざ)み、国(くに)のために尽(じん)力(りょく)し続(つづ)けました。

• He kept the determination to serve his country deep in his heart and continued to devote himself to the nation.

驕(きょう)兵(へい)必(ひっ)敗(ぱい)の教(きょう)訓(くん)を胸(むね)に刻(きざ)み、常(つね)に謙(けん)虚(きょ)な姿(し)勢(せい)を保(たも)つことが大(たい)切(せつ)だ。

• It is important to keep the lesson that arrogance leads to defeat close to your heart and to always maintain a humble attitude.

あの政(せい)治(じ)家(か)は『修(しゅう)身(しん)斉(せい)家(か)治(ち)国(こく)平(へい)天(てん)下(か)』という言(こと)葉(ば)を胸(むね)に刻(きざ)み、まず自(じ)身(しん)の品(ひん)格(かく)を磨(みが)くことを心(こころ)がけているそうです。

• It is said that the politician keeps the phrase 'cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world' close to his heart, and strives to first polish his own character.

悲(かな)しい出(で)来(き)事(ごと)も、嬉(うれ)しい出(で)来(き)事(ごと)も、すべては移(うつ)ろいゆくものだという教(おし)えとして、『浮(うき)世(よ)は夢(ゆめ)』を胸(むね)に刻(きざ)んでいます。

• I keep the teaching that 'this floating world is but a dream' etched in my heart, as a reminder that everything, whether sad or happy, is transient.

私(わたし)が今(いま)言(い)ったことを胸(むね)に刻(きざ)んでおきなさい。

• You must bear in mind what I've just said to you.