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uchinaru tsuyosa

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Another 'inner ___' calque. Japanese doesn't build phrases this way.

What a Japanese person actually thinks

Reads like the chapter heading of a translated business book. Five characters of nothing much, two of them hiragana.

Meaning

Literally
inner + strength
Actually
Understandable, but 内なる is a literary construction rarely used outside translated Western self-help. The whole phrase is visibly imported.

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Naturalness

The construction exists but is almost entirely confined to translationese.

Coolness

Long, mixed script, no visual density. It looks like a caption rather than a tattoo.

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  • gōki
    fortitude; firmness of character
    Two characters, real word, exactly this meaning.
  • fudōshin
    an immovable mind
    Strength as something that cannot be shaken. Established term in martial arts, and far more striking.

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