根性 – Vocabulary details

根こん性じょう

Noun

1. willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit

そんな根こん性じょうが必ひつ要ようだと思おもうがねえ。I think that kind of grit is necessary, though.

2. character; nature; disposition; personality

人ひとの不ふ幸こうを笑わらうなんて、根こん性じょうが悪わるい。Laughing at other people's misfortune is just mean-spirited.

root

nature (of a person)

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking

belief that where there's a will, there's a way

結けっ構こう根こん性じょう悪わるいな。

You're pretty mean-spirited, huh.

なかなか根こん性じょうあるのね。

You've got quite a bit of grit.

そんな根こん性じょうが必ひつ要ようだと思おもうがねえ。

I think that kind of grit is necessary, though.

思おもったよりも根こん性じょうはあるのかもしれない。

Maybe I have more grit than I thought.

人ひとの不ふ幸こうを笑わらうなんて、根こん性じょうが悪わるい。

Laughing at other people's misfortune is just mean-spirited.

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