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    3. 気骨

    気骨

    気き骨こつ

    (moral) backbone

    KMT9News #34+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    きこつ

    Noun

    1.
    (moral) backbone, spirit, soul, grit

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    彼かれは気き骨こつのある人ひとだ。

    He is a person with backbone.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    どんな困こん難なんにも屈くっしない気き骨こつが彼かれにはある。

    He has the grit to not yield to any difficulty.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    若わか者ものには、社しゃ会かいの不ふ条じょう理りに立たち向むかう気き骨こつが求もとめられている。

    Young people are expected to have the backbone to confront the injustices of society.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & LawDaily Life
    失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれず挑ちょう戦せんする気き骨こつが、彼かれの成せい功こうの原げん動どう力りょくとなった。

    The grit to challenge without fearing failure became the driving force behind his success.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かれは、権けん力りょに媚くへこびない気き骨こつあるジャーナリストとして知しられていた。

    He was known as a journalist with backbone who wouldn't fawn over power.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    骨
    ほね…(1)
    skeleton・bone・remains・frame
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