Correct, warm, and slightly younger-sounding than you might expect.

What a Japanese person actually thinks
Encouraging rather than fierce. It's the word in children's anime theme songs and school speeches. Sincere, a little wholesome.

Meaning

Literally: brave + spirit
Actually: Courage. The everyday word — the courage to speak up, to try, to do the frightening thing.

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Naturalness●●●●●

Extremely common word.

Coolness●●●●●

Clean pair of characters. The register is closer to 'you can do it' than to 'I am dangerous'.

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剛胆 gōtan
dauntless; boldness in the face of danger

If you want courage as hardness rather than encouragement. Much rarer and more adult.

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勇気

Orientation: vertical

Mincho.

Correct, warm, and slightly younger-sounding than you might expect.

Meaning

Scores

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