Translation guide
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties, setbacks, or adversity. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through various words and phrases that emphasize bouncing back, enduring, or maintaining a positive attitude.
Expressing the general capacity to recover from difficulties or setbacks, often used in personal development or everyday conversation.
Literally 'recovery power', this is the most direct translation for resilience in the sense of bouncing back from illness, setbacks, or adversity. Commonly used in both personal and professional contexts.
She has the resilience to bounce back from any difficulty.
The loanword from English, increasingly used in business, psychology, and self-help contexts. It carries a modern, slightly technical nuance.
It's important to enhance organizational resilience.
Literally 'the power to stand back up', this phrase emphasizes the act of recovering after a fall or failure. It is more colloquial and vivid than 回復力.
Even if you fail, resilience is important.
Describing the inner strength to persevere through hardship without giving up, often associated with determination and endurance.
Refers to mental strength or fortitude. It implies the capacity to endure stress and maintain composure. Common in sports, work, and personal challenges.
His mental resilience is amazing. He never succumbs to any pressure.
Literally 'tenacity' or 'persistence', this word emphasizes sticking with something despite difficulties. It is often used to describe a person's character.
Means 'patience' or 'endurance', focusing on the ability to tolerate hardship without complaint. It can imply a more passive form of resilience.
Referring to the physical property of returning to original shape after deformation, or metaphorically to systems that recover quickly.
Primarily means 'elasticity' in a physical sense, but can be used metaphorically for flexible resilience in systems or minds. Common in economics and engineering.
This material has high resilience (elasticity).
Literally 'restoring force', used in physics and engineering for resilience. Less common in everyday speech.
Emphasizing the ability to maintain a positive outlook and adapt in the face of challenges, often associated with emotional resilience.
Means 'positive attitude' or 'forward-looking stance'. It captures the aspect of resilience that involves optimism and proactive coping.
Especially in tough times, resilience (a positive attitude) is important.
Means 'optimism', but in the context of resilience, it refers to the disposition to expect positive outcomes. Often used in psychology.
回復力 (recovery power) focuses on bouncing back after a setback, while 精神力 (mental strength) emphasizes enduring and withstanding pressure. Use 回復力 for recovery from illness or failure, and 精神力 for grit in ongoing challenges.
There is no single Japanese word that perfectly matches all nuances of 'resilience'. Using レジリエンス is acceptable in modern contexts, but in traditional or everyday speech, choose a more specific term based on the situation.
Her resilience (tenacity) led to success.
He has resilience (endurance), so he'll surely overcome it.
This spring has strong resilience.
His resilience (optimism) cheers up those around him.