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ど根性 (dokonjou) Japanese meaning: tremendous guts | Kotomora
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I really admire his tremendous guts.
Sheer grit got us through the crisis.
Kanji 根 root, radical, head (pimple) 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.
