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    3. 持久

    持久

    持じ久きゅう

    endurance

    KMT8News #24+1Noun, Participle, VerbSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    じきゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    endurance, persistence

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    マラソンには持じ久きゅう力りょくが必ひつ要ようです。

    Marathon running requires endurance.

    KMT5Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれは驚おどろくべき持じ久きゅう力りょくでその山やまを登のぼりきった。

    He climbed the mountain with astonishing endurance.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsNature & Environment
    長ちょう距きょ離り走そうでは、スピードよりも持じ久きゅう力りょくが勝しょう敗はいを分わける。

    In long-distance running, endurance, rather than speed, determines victory or defeat.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    チームスポーツにおいても、試し合あい終しゅう盤ばんでの持じ久きゅう力りょくが鍵カギとなる。

    Even in team sports, endurance in the latter half of the game is key.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    精せい神しん的てきな持じ久きゅう力りょくも、肉にく体たい的てきなそれと同どう様ように重じゅう要ようだ。

    Mental endurance is just as important as physical endurance.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts

    Kanji that make up this word

    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
    久
    ひさ.しい…(7)
    long time・old story
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