根こん性じょう
Meanings
Noun
1. willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit
I think that kind of grit is necessary, though.
2. character; nature; disposition; personality
Laughing at other people's misfortune is just mean-spirited.
Kanji used
root
nature (of a person)
Pitch accent
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Top 6300
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
ill-natured; twisted; ill-natured person; twisted person
servile character (disposition)
lechery; lewdness; greed
lechery; lewdness; greed
warped mind; jaundiced mind; paranoia
warped mind; jaundiced mind; paranoia
to have a perverse character; to have a twisted personality
mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit
island country mentality; insular spirit; insularism; insularity
snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature (disposition)
spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work
underhand character; thievish nature
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
mercenary spirit; greed; avarice; base nature
thievish nature (character); thieving heart; cunning and greedy character
thievish nature (character); thieving heart; cunning and greedy character
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
lechery; lewdness; greed
predatory nature; rapacious disposition
slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism
partisan spirit (prejudice); partisanship; factionalism
Examples (5 in total)
You're pretty mean-spirited, huh.
You've got quite a bit of grit.
I think that kind of grit is necessary, though.