Ambiguity of 姿勢 in constructions like 頑張ろうという姿勢


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?




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.




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.

