志

Meaning

志 centers on a directed inner drive: a clear intention, a plan, or a firm resolve to achieve something. It covers both the mental aim (aspiration, motive, hopes) and the determination behind it.

• 志こころざし
  N1

  will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal

• 意志いし
  N3

  will; volition; intention; intent; determination

• 志願しがん

  aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

• 志向しこう
  N1

  intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)

• 同志どうし
  N1

  like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment

• 三国志さんごくし

  Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)

• 志望しぼう
  N2

  wish; desire; ambition; choice

• 有志ゆうし

  interested person; volunteer; supporter

• 志摩しま

  Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)

• 志すこころざす
  N2

  to aspire to; to aim for; to intend; to resolve

• 大志たいし

  ambition; aspiration

• 闘志とうし

  fighting spirit; (will to) fight

• 志士しし

  imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era

• 遺志いし

  wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

• 志望校しぼうこう

  school of one's (first, second) choice

• 篤志とくし

  charity; benevolence; charitable spirit

• 同志社大学どうししゃだいがく

  Doshisha University

• 雄志ゆうし

  great ambition; lofty aspiration

• 志学しがく

  age 15

• 立志伝りっしでん

  success story

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