► 名詞
性 [(1)せい] meaning: sex rank: 2
☆ 性行為 ⇨ A sexual act
性 [しょう] [性に合う] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 上司にへいこらするのは自分の性に合わない ⇨ It’s not my personality, in me, to brown-nose my boss
性 [(1)さが] [liter] meaning: characteristic rank: 4
☆ 強欲なのは人間の悲しい性だ ⇨ Greediness is a sad nature of humans
► 接尾辞
性 [しょう] meaning: personality rank: 2
☆ 彼女は心配性だ ⇨ She tends to worry too much
性 [せい] [tech] meaning: characteristic rank: 2
☆ この合併の合法性に疑問がある ⇨ There is a question over the legality of this merger
☆ 新型車は安全性が向上した ⇨ The new car has improved safety
☆ 耐久性の高い塗装 ⇨ Paint with high durability
☆ 銅は導電性が高い ⇨ Copper has high electrical conductivity
More examples:
- 私は彼とは相性が悪い ⇨ He and I have a bad compatibility, are not compatible
- 彼は日本人男性の標準的な体格をしている ⇨ He has an average physique of Japanese men
- 華やかな装いの若い女性達 ⇨ Young women with beautiful clothing
- 製品の高性能と小型化を両立することに大変苦心した ⇨ We had to think really hard to make the product high-performance and small without compromising
- 彼は否定的な性格をしている ⇨ He has a negative, too pessimistic, too sarcastic, resentful, personality
- あいつの根性を叩き直してやる ⇨ I’m gonna beat his personality straight
- 柔軟性を高める運動 ⇨ Exercises to improve flexibility
- 彼は性格がじめっとしてる ⇨ He has clammy, passive-aggressive, vengeful, negative, personality
- 女性の視点から設計された街 ⇨ A town designed from women’s point of view
- 彼は振られた腹いせにその女性に嫌がらせをした ⇨ He harassed the woman out of spite that she had rejected him earlier
- 肛門性交 ⇨ Anal sex
- 私の理想の男性像 ⇨ The image of my ideal man
- 悪人に悪い事が起こるという必然性は何処にもない ⇨ There is absolutely no inevitability, certainty, that bad things happen to bad people
- 大人の魅力のある女性 ⇨ A woman with a mature appeal
- 彼の独創性が光っている ⇨ His originality is shining