むしる
むしる · mushiru · JLPT N1 · noun
gutsiness
🌿 むしる sounds like 'mushi-ru': think 'mush' (crushed), as you pull leaves apart by hand
むしる means to pluck or tear off with your fingers, as in 草をむしる (pull weeds). Its root is 虫 (mushi, insect); the image comes from picking bugs off plants.