闘とう志し

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to an inner drive or determination to compete, struggle, or overcome challenges. Often used in sports, business, and personal challenges.

彼かれの闘とう志しは最さい後ごまで衰おとろえなかった。
His fighting spirit never waned until the very end.
試し合あい前まえの選せん手しゅたちの目めには闘とう志しがみなぎっていた。
The players' eyes were filled with fighting spirit before the match.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が闘とう志しを抱いだくto harbor fighting spirit
彼かれは静しずかに闘とう志しを抱いだいていた。
He quietly harbored a fighting spirit.
闘とう志しが湧わくfighting spirit wells up
相あい手ての挑ちょう発はつで闘とう志しが湧わいてきた。
The opponent's taunt made my fighting spirit well up.
闘とう志しをむき出だしにするto openly display one's fighting spirit
選せん手しゅたちは闘とう志しをむき出だしにして戦たたかった。
The players fought with their fighting spirit fully on display.
闘とう志しを失うしなうto lose one's fighting spirit
連れん敗ぱいが続つづき、彼かれは闘とう志しを失うしなってしまった。
After a losing streak, he lost his fighting spirit.

Expressions

闘とう志しを燃もやすburn with fighting spirit; be fiercely competitive

Kanji

闘fight, war
志intention, plan, resolve

Related words· 8

気き合あいN1
気合 is a broader term for spirit, energy, or focused shout, while 闘志 specifically means the will to fight or compete.
根こん性じょうN1
根性 stresses grit and endurance through hardship, whereas 闘志 emphasizes an aggressive, competitive drive to win.
闘とう争そう心しん
闘争心 is a near-synonym meaning combative spirit, slightly more literary and analytical than the everyday 闘志.
やる気きN3
やる気 is general motivation to do something, while 闘志 specifically implies a competitive or combative drive.

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ファイティングスピリット
闘志 is a native Japanese word for fighting spirit that sounds more formal and is common in martial or competitive contexts, while ファイティングスピリット is a lighter, more modern loanword used across sports, business, and self-help talk.
ファイトN1
闘志 is a more literary, intense word for fighting spirit, while ファイト is casual and often used in everyday sports talk.
気き迫はく
闘志 specifically means fighting spirit directed at an opponent or challenge, while 気迫 is a broader term for intense inner drive that need not involve conflict.
覇は気き
闘志 is fighting spirit directed at a specific contest or opponent, while 覇気 describes a more general, ever-present forcefulness or drive.

Opposites

弱よわ気きN2
弱気 describes timidity or a lack of fighting spirit, the opposite of the aggressive drive expressed by 闘志.

Don't confuse with

闘とう士し
闘志 (とうし) means fighting spirit, while 闘士 (also とうし) means a fighter or warrior—same sound, different kanji and meaning.

Word family

闘とう志し満まん々まん
brimming with fighting spirit; full of fight

Etymology

Compound of 闘 (fight) and 志 (will, intention). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination straightforwardly conveys 'fighting spirit'.