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根気 (こんき): patience; perseverance, energy — Japanese vocabulary

根気 is read こんき and means "patience; perseverance, energy". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

根気

Reading
こんき · konki
Translation
patience; perseverance, energy
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こんきが

Example

もう少し根気があったら成功していただろう。

もうすこしこんきがあったらせいこうしていただろう。

With a little more patience, you would have succeeded.

Kanji in this word

  • 根 — root
  • 気 — spirit, mood

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