えいき

[英気] ¶→英気を養う

盈虧
waxing & waning
phases of moon
英気
excellent talent
鋭気
courage
ardour
high spirits

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えいき【英気】

¶ → 英気を養う

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I

えいき【英気】

vigor; energy; vitality; spirit; liveliness.

●英気はつらつとしている be full of vigor [vitality, energy].

●英気を養う store up one's energy; build up strength; regain one's strength; recharge one's batteries.

II

えいき【盈虧】

【天】 a phase 《of the moon》; the waxing and waning 《of the moon》.

III

えいき【鋭気】

(animated) spirit; mettle; ardor; dash.

●鋭気ある spirited; dashing; mettlesome

・鋭気ある新進 energetic young blood

・鋭気あふれる青年たち young people bursting with spirit [animation]

・鋭気勃々(_ぼつぼつ)としている be high-spirited; be very animated [exuberant].

●鋭気に満ちたまなざし eyes filled with [full of, brimming with] animation.

●鋭気をくじく break [put a damper on] sb's spirits

・先制攻撃で敵の鋭気をそぐ作戦 a strategy of damping [dampening] an enemy's spirit(s) by a preemptive strike.

●その鋭気には当たるべからざるものがある. There is something about their enthusiasm that makes them indomitable.