運うん根こん鈍どん

noun

luck, perseverance, and patience (the three keys to success)

A set phrase listing three traditional virtues for achieving a goal: 運 (luck), 根 (perseverance/steadfastness), and 鈍 (patience/dull persistence). Often used in self-help or motivational contexts.

• 成せい功こうの秘ひ訣けつは運うん根こん鈍どんだと言いわれる。

  It is said that the secret to success is luck, perseverance, and patience.

• 彼かれは運うん根こん鈍どんを座ざ右ゆうの銘めいにしている。

  He lives by the motto of luck, perseverance, and patience.