意気地

courage, backbone, guts

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noun Rare #37,738

courage, backbone, guts Often used in the expression 意気地がない, meaning “to be cowardly” or “to lack backbone.”

JA: 意気地がなくて、何も言えなかった。

EN: I was too much of a coward to say anything.

Coward.

— 戦艦ポチョムキン (1925)

They're all a bunch of cowards.

— 七人の侍 (1954)

I just didn't have the nerve.

Explain it yourself. If you don’t speak up, people will think you’re a coward.

— レベッカ (1940)

That's a pretty spineless thing to say, isn't it?

— 東京物語 (1953)

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