根気|こんきkonki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpatience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
   この種しゅの仕事しごとには大変たいへんな根気こんきが必要ひつようとされる。↗

   This sort of work calls for a lot of patience.

• Synonymねばり強さNeutralTenacity, not giving up easily: the closest in meaning to 「根気」.
• Related精力せいりょくNeutralEnergy, vigor; the focus is on being full of vitality.
• RelatedスタミナNeutralA loanword: physical stamina and endurance, as in 「スタミナ料理」; the focus is on the body.
• RelatedタフネスNeutralA loanword: toughness, with the focus on withstanding pressure.
• Related強靭さWrittenFormal prose: degree of toughness, focusing on mental and physical resilience. 「根気」 is about the patience to keep at something.
• Antonym無気力むきりょくNeutralApathy, listlessness: the opposite of 「根気」.

Use 「根気」 for the patience to keep going, as in 「根気がいる」 and 「根気強い」. For tenacity use 「粘り強さ」, physical endurance 「スタミナ」, vigor 「精力」, toughness under pressure 「タフネス」. Listlessness is 「無気力」.

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1. 物事ものごとを諦あきらめずに行おこない続つづける気力きりょく。