- I〔信仰心を起こすこと〕a religious awakening
発心する experience a religious awakening;〔出家する〕take the tonsure
- 彼は30歳の時に発心した
- He became a Buddhist priest at thirty.
- II〔思い立つこと〕
- 発心して法律を学ぶことにした
- He resolved [made up his mind] to study law./〔心を入れかえて〕He turned over a new leaf and began studying law.