How to say "resilience" in Japanese

• レジリエンス
  nounThe borrowed word for the abstract capacity to withstand shocks and bounce back, used in fields such as psychology, disaster planning, and engineering; it is not the word for the springiness of physical things.
• 回復力かいふくりょく
  nounRecovery power: the ability to recuperate or bounce back from illness, damage, or hardship, whether of a person's health, an economy, or a natural system. Choose this when resilience means the capacity to recover.
• 弾力性だんりょくせい
  nounElasticity in the literal sense — the springiness of a material — extended to flexibility or adaptability of plans, rules, or thinking. Its 'resilience' is about bending rather than breaking, not recuperating.
  ゴムのボールは弾力性だんりょくせいがあるから弾はずむ。↗

  A rubber ball bounces because it is elastic.
• 腰こしJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe everyday word for the firmness or 'body' of things like noodles, hair, or paper — their satisfying spring or bite. It is a physical, textural word, not one for psychological resilience.
• 張りはり
  nounSpringiness or firmness of hair, skin, and the like — the taut, healthy quality English calls 'tone'. Like 腰, it describes physical condition, so it is seldom the word for resilience to hardship.
  彼かれの肌はだは青年せいねんの肌はだのように張ばりがある。↗

  His skin has the tone of a young man's.

Use 「レジリエンス」 for the abstract capacity to recover from shocks, 回復力 for recovery power, 弾力性 for elasticity or flexibility, and 腰 or 「張り」 for the physical springiness of hair, noodles, or skin.

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• レジリエンスresilience
• 回復力かいふくりょくpower of recovery
• 弾力性だんりょくせいelasticity
• 腰こしbody (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.)
• 張りはりresilience (e.g. of hair)