► 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:
- 彼は酒癖が悪い ⇨ He becomes very difficult when he is drunk
- 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
- 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
- 潔癖症 ⇨ Obsession for extreme cleanliness. Germophobia
- 好き好んで結婚した癖に簡単に離婚するものだ ⇨ They divorced quickly even though they had married because they wanted to
- 何よ、短小の癖して！ ⇨ You only have a short and small dick!
- 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
- 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
- 彼は一癖ある男だ ⇨ He has a kink in his personality. He is a difficult guy
- 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
- 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
- あいつは手癖が悪い ⇨ He has bad hand habits, sticky fingers. He steals things
- 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
- 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