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ど根こん性じょう

also: ドこんじょう

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Meanings

1

tremendous guts; sheer grit; indomitable spirit

Emphatic noun for extraordinary willpower, tenacity, or fighting spirit. Often used in sports, work, or overcoming hardship contexts. The prefix ど intensifies 根性 (guts).

See also: ど

彼かれのど根こん性じょうには本ほん当とうに感かん心しんする。
I really admire his tremendous guts.
ど根こん性じょうで難なん局きょくを乗のり切きった。
Sheer grit got us through the crisis.

Kanji

根root, radical, head (pimple)
性sex, gender, nature
土soil, earth, ground

Related words

根こん性じょう
根性 means 'guts' or 'willpower'; ど根性 is an intensified version, closer to 'tremendous guts' or 'sheer grit'.

Written forms

ど根こん性じょう
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the prefix ど is written in hiragana.
ド根こん性じょう
Katakana variant of the prefix ど, adding emphasis or a colloquial feel.
土ど根こん性じょう
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji spelling using 土 for ど; rarely used and may be considered non-standard.
ドこんじょう

Etymology

The prefix ど is an intensifier, likely derived from the emphatic prefix ど (as in ど真ん中). The exact origin is uncertain, but it adds a strong, colloquial emphasis to 根性.