- 意志【いし】 - will, volition, intention, intent, determination 
- 大志【たいし】 - ambition, aspiration 
- 同志【どうし】 - like-mindedness, (being of the) same mind, shared sentiment, comrade, fellow, kindred soul 
- 志願【しがん】 - aspiration, volunteering, desire, application 
- 志す【こころざす】 - to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on) 
- 志望【しぼう】 - wish, desire, ambition, choice 
- 志向【しこう】 - intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal) 
- 有志【ゆうし】 - interested person, volunteer, supporter 
- 闘志【とうし】 - fighting spirit, (will to) fight 
- 遺志【いし】 - wishes of a deceased person, dying wish 
- 篤志家【とくしか】 - charitable person, philanthropist, volunteer, supporter 
- 志士【しし】 - imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era, patriots, idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation 
- 立志【りっし】 - fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal