英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Finnish sisu, documented in English since at least 1940.

発音

• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈsɪsʉː/

名詞

sisu (uncountable)

1. Strength of will in the face of adversity; grit; perseverance; determination; regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture.
   • 1940 January 8, “Northern Theatre:Sisu”, in Time Magazine:

     Last week the Finns gave the world a good example of sisu by carrying the war into Russian territory on one front while on another they withstood merciless attacks by a reinforced Russian Army.

   • 1999, Norma J. Livo, George O. Livo, The Enchanted Wood and Other Tales from Finland, →ISBN, page 5:

     People living in northern climates need plenty of sisu.

   • 2016, Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, →ISBN:

     We agreed there was a pressing need for a systematic investigation of sisu, how Finns think about it, how it is propagated.

   • 2016, Katie Falkowski, GRIND: Greatness Rises in Each New Day: Get up, Show up, and Grind, →ISBN:

     Life requires all of us to have a certain level of sisu when things get tough, which they inevitably will.

参考

• stiff upper lip
• sumud (similar Palestinian concept)

参照

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111223131533/http://www.finlandia.edu/
• http://www.sisugrp.com/sisuis.htm

アナグラム

• Sius