1.
elasticity; resilience
The physical property of a material to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed.
このゴムは弾力性がある。
This rubber has elasticity.
弾力性のある素材を使用している。
It uses a material with resilience.
年齢とともに肌の弾力性が失われていく。
The skin's elasticity is gradually lost with age.
2.
flexibility; adaptability
The figurative ability to adapt or respond flexibly to changing circumstances, used for policies, plans, and organizations.
弾力性のある運用が求められる。
Flexible management is called for.
予算に弾力性を持たせることが重要だ。
It is important to give the budget some flexibility.
社会の変化に対応できる弾力性のある制度が必要だ。
A system with enough flexibility to respond to social changes is needed.
Combines 弾力 (elasticity) with the suffix 性 (nature/property). Used both for physical materials and figuratively for systems, policies, and approaches that can adapt.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 弾力性がある: to have elasticity/flexibility
- 弾力性を持たせる: to give flexibility to
- 弾力性に富む: to be rich in resilience
- 弾力性を失う: to lose elasticity
- 弾力性のある運用: flexible management
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 柔軟性: flexibility — broader term for pliability; more commonly used for people and thinking
- 伸縮性: stretchability — focuses specifically on the ability to stretch and contract
- 弾力: elasticity — the base noun without the 性 suffix; often used attributively (弾力のある)