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メンタルタフネス

Meanings

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noun

mental toughness

A loanword from English, used in sports, business, and self-help contexts to describe resilience, grit, and the ability to withstand pressure.

アスリートにはメンタルタフネスが求もとめられる。
Athletes need mental toughness.
彼かれはメンタルタフネスを鍛きたえるために瞑めい想そうを始はじめた。
He started meditating to build mental toughness.

Written forms

メンタル・タフネス
- メンタルタフネス
  Variant with interpunct, sometimes used for clarity or in formal contexts.
- メンタル・タフネス

Similar words

精せい神しん力りょく
A native Japanese term for mental strength or willpower, often used in similar contexts but with a slightly more traditional or formal nuance compared to the modern loanword メンタルタフネス.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'mental toughness', adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.