姿勢

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 姿勢 is read as しせい and is a noun for physical posture or for one’s attitude toward work, learning, or another activity.
• Basic usage: Correcting one’s posture appears in 姿勢を整える, while a willingness to learn appears in 学ぼうとする姿勢.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Bodily position and mental approach
  • It has both the visible sense of bodily alignment and the figurative sense of the mindset brought to an activity.
• Difference from 態度
  • Unlike the broad word for an attitude shown in behavior, this term can also refer directly to physical posture.