Kenage (健気 - Admirable)

Kenage

I like people who have a character described as 'kenage' (健気).

'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.

'Kenage' is short for 'kenarige' (けなり気), which is combining 'kenari' (けなり) and 'ge/ke' (気); here 'kenari' is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and 'ge/ke' means "feeling."

Because of this, 'kenage' originally used to describe different or excellent people.

It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.

健気

私は「健気」な性格の人が好きです。

「健気」とは、心がけがよくしっかりしているさまや、力の弱いもの（子どもや女性）が困難に立ち向かうさまを表す言葉です。

「健気」はほかと異なることを意味する古語「けなり」に、"feeling" を意味する「気」がついた「けなり気」を省略したものです。

このため、もともと「健気」は人が優れているさまを表す言葉でした。

そこから派生して前述のような意味が生じ、現在では「力の弱いものが困難に立ち向かうさま」を意味することが多いです。

• Kenage (健気 - Admirable)
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• Kenage
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• I like people who have a character described as 'kenage' (健気).
• I like people who have a character (that can/could be) described as 'kenage' (健気).

• 'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
• 'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or that a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives despite all the / in the face of difficulties.

  Some Western feminists will not like it if you call a woman vulnerable.

• 'Kenage' is short for 'kenarige' (けなり気), which is combining 'kenari' (けなり) and 'ge/ke' (気); here 'kenari' is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and 'ge/ke' means "feeling."
• 'Kenage' is short for 'kenarige' (けなり気), which combines 'kenari' (けなり) and 'ge/ke' (気); here 'kenari' is an old Japanese word meaning "different," and 'ge/ke' means "feeling."

• Because of this, 'kenage' originally used to describe different or excellent people.
• Because of this, originally 'kenage' used to describe different or excellent people.

  It sounds better, but I'm not sure why

• It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
• It derived its current meanings from that and now it often means that a person strives in the face of difficulties.

• Kenage (健気 - Admirable)
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Kenage
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• 'Kenage' means that someone has a good/solid attitude, or a vulnerable person (especially a child/woman) strives with difficulties.
• 'Kenage' means that someone or a vulnerable person (especially a child or woman) in-spite of strives with difficulties has a good attitude.

• Because of this, 'kenage' originally used to describe different or excellent people.
• Because of this, originally 'kenage' was used to describe different or excellent people.

• It came to have the above meanings deriving from that, and now it often means that a person strives with difficulties.
• The current meanings derives from that, and now it often means that a person strives in-spite of difficulties.

Nice ^ ^