► 名詞
癖 [(2)くせ] [癖になる] meaning: addict rank: 1
☆ このゲームは癖になりそうだ ⇨ This game is very addictive
癖 [(2)くせ] meaning: habit rank: 1
☆ 彼女は髪を触る癖がある ⇨ She has a habit of touching, playing, with her hair (☛ Mannerism)
癖 [(2)くせ] [癖が有る] meaning: peculiar rank: 2
☆ このワインは癖があって好きになれない ⇨ This wine has a peculiar taste and I’m not a fan
☆ 彼は癖が強い ⇨ He’s very peculiar, eccentric
► 接尾辞
癖 [へき] meaning: habit rank: 4
☆ 彼は盗癖がある (とうへき) ⇨ He has a habit of stealing things (☛ Usually bad habits)
More examples:
- 彼女は年増の癖して化粧がやたらと濃い ⇨ She is kind of too old to wear that much makeup
- タダ飯食いの癖してもっと美味いものはないかとは余りにも厚かましい ⇨ How shameless for a freeloader to demand better food
- あいつは手癖が悪い ⇨ He has bad hand habits, sticky fingers. He steals things
- 彼等は何やかんやと難癖をつけて保険金を支払わない ⇨ They don’t pay the insurance money by nitpicking this and that
- 自分がヘマをした癖に文句を言うな ⇨ Don’t complain when you yourself made a stupid mistake
- 彼は一癖ある男だ ⇨ He has a kink in his personality. He is a difficult guy
- あいつは文句は多い癖に自分は何もしない ⇨ He complains a lot even though he doesn’t produce anything himself
- 彼は大失敗をした癖に悪びれる様子は全く無かった ⇨ Even though he made a blunder, he didn’t seem to be embarrassed at all
- 昔は女性がスポーツをすると「女の癖に」と罵られた ⇨ In the past when a woman plays sports, she was jeered “you’re just a woman”
- 彼は酒癖が悪い ⇨ He becomes very difficult when he is drunk
- 彼は酔うと人に絡む悪い癖が有る ⇨ He is got a bad habit of getting drunk and picking a fight with someone
- 科学の恩恵に浴している癖に科学を否定する者達 ⇨ People who deny science even though they are benefiting from it
- 何よ、短小の癖して！ ⇨ You only have a short and small dick!
- ガキの癖して生意気な口利くな ⇨ Don’t sass me, your damn brat
- 彼の妻は彼の博打癖に愛想を尽かして彼の元を去った ⇨ His wife lost patience about his gambling habit and left him