[ね, ne] (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) { math } root; (4) { Buddh } indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) #3528
[きめる, kimeru] (v1, vt) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) { MA } to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (P) #4966
[たいきゅう, taikyuu] (n) endurance; persistence; (P) #7068
[しつよう, shitsuyou] (adj-na) persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn #11861
[ばる, baru] (suf, v5r) (uk) to be prominently ...; to be persistently ... #14923
[こしつ(P);こしゅう, koshitsu (P); koshuu] (n, vs) adherence (e.g. to ideas, beliefs, a pet theory) (negative nuance); persistence; insistence; stubbornness; (P) #15742
[とおす, toosu] (v5s, vt) to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in; (P) #15920
[つらぬく, tsuranuku] (v5k, vt) (1) to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; (2) to persist; to stick to; (P) #17379
[shitsukoi (P); shitsukkoi] (adj-i) (1) insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious; (2) too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy; (P)
[shinneri] (adv, n, vs) annoying persistence