Word Meaning 根性

こんじょう konjou

根性 is read as こんじょう (konjou) and means character.

Meaning

English

  1. character
  2. nature
  3. disposition
  4. personality
  5. willpower
  6. guts
  7. determination
  8. grit

Reading

Kana

こんじょう

Romaji

konjou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 4359 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

根性論

こんじょうろん

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

根性なし

こんじょうなし

coward

根性悪

こんじょうわる

ill-natured

根性曲がり

こんじょうまがり

villainous

根性が曲がる

こんじょうがまがる

to have a perverse character

根性焼き

こんじょうやき

cigarette burn

事大根性

じだいこんじょう

slavish submission to power

島国根性

しまぐにこんじょう

island country mentality

町人根性

ちょうにんこんじょう

townsman's (independent) spirit

役人根性

やくにんこんじょう

bureaucratism

職人根性

しょくにんこんじょう

spirit of true craftsman

Example Sentences

2

I've set the stage so now you just have to show some guts, OK?

If you care about someone, you'll become friends! If you care about each other, you'll become many times stronger! And your bravery will be unlimited! In this world are many unpleasant things, many sad things, and many that, which you can't handle by yourself. But while you have people you care about, you just can't fall! You just cannot surrender! While you have those people, about which you care, you will stand up again and again! That's why Hero is absolutely undefeatable!