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A Note on the Meaning of

意地 (iji: disposition, spirit, willpower, obstinacy, backbone, appetite)
     mind + state of one’s emotions

Although (CHI, JI) often means “ground,” “soil,” or “place,” it means “state of one’s emotions” when it appears in 意地, according to Halpern. He offers 心地 (kokochi: feeling, mood, heart + state of one’s emotions) as another instance in which has this meaning.

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