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I just have a simple question about volitional verbs + という + 姿勢. I know that
姿勢 means both 'posture' and 'attitude', so I just wanted to get a
clarification on whether something like 頑張ろうという姿勢 is a _description of an
observable state of affairs_ (e.g., you see that the person is heaving,
sweating, and concentrating) or is something more _figurative_ (e.g., the
person may not show physical signs of exertion, but you intuit their
psychological state as one being of exertion). Or are both interpretations
possible?
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Ambiguity of 姿勢 in constructions like 頑張ろうという姿勢
The latter. 姿勢 used like this doesn't refer to a physical posture. It almost
certainly refers to an overall attitude. In a rare case where you want to mean
the former, you can say something like 頑張ろうという体勢.
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