His will is very strong.
志
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
Kanji
Grade
Grade 5
Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
心部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
シリング, こころざす, こころざし
Nanori (Name Reading)
さね, しるす, むね, もと, ゆき
Common Readings
シ, こころざし, こころざ…す
Example sentences
He has a strong will that does not yield to any difficulty.
He harbored high ambitions from a young age and went abroad.
The young climber harbored a lofty ambition and aimed for the summit of Mount Everest.
I am recruiting like-minded people to change the world.
I passed the entrance exam for my first-choice university.
Having passed the exam for his first-choice university, he returned to his hometown with his head held high.
He volunteered to participate in peacekeeping operations.
He volunteered and joined the Self-Defense Forces.
He suffered a defeat, but his eyes still overflowed with fighting spirit.
Example Vocabulary
意志
will; volition; intention
志
will; intention; ambition; resolution
同志
comrade; like-minded person
志望
aspiration; desire; ambition; choice (e.g. university)
志願
volunteering; application; desire
闘志
fighting spirit; will to fight
志す
to aspire to; to aim for; to resolve to do; to have a mind to
意志の強い
有志
volunteer; interested person
遺志
dying wish; will of the deceased
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