► 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:
- 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”
- 皮肉なことに、世の中では潔癖な人は嫌われる ⇨ Ironically, society will hate an extremely moral and honest person
- 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
- 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
- あいつは無能な癖に自信過剰だ ⇨ He has a too high opinion of himself despite he is useless
- あいつは手癖が悪い ⇨ He has bad hand habits, sticky fingers. He steals things
- ガキの癖して生意気な口利くな ⇨ Don’t sass me, your damn brat
- 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
- よく知りもしない癖に偉そうなことを言うな ⇨ Don’t be a smart-ass when you don’t really know
- あいつは仕事は出来ない癖に悪知恵だけは働く ⇨ He is not competent but somehow comes up with evil ideas
- 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
- 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
- あいつは人に迷惑をかけた癖にしれっとしている ⇨ He caused so much trouble for others and is acting like nothing happened
- あいつ新米の癖して生意気だ ⇨ He is cocky for a rookie
- 彼女は夫の酒癖の悪さに散々泣かされた ⇨ She was made to cry, suffered a lot, by her husband’s drinking problem