► 名詞
質 [(2)しつ] meaning: quality rank: 1
☆ この品は質が悪い ⇨ This product has a bad quality
☆ 私達は量よりも質を重視している ⇨ We value quality over quantity
質 [(1)たち] meaning: nature rank: 2
☆ 彼女は質の悪い男ばかり選ぶ ⇨ She always chooses guys with bad characters (☛ Usually refers to a negative quality as 質が悪い, 質の悪い)
☆ 質の悪い風邪を引いた ⇨ I got a nasty cold (☛ Usually refers to a negative quality as 質が悪い, 質の悪い)
質 [(2)しち] [質に入れる] meaning: pawn rank: 3
☆ 彼は宝石を質に入れた ⇨ He pawned his jewelry
More examples:
- オリンピック協会の腐敗した体質 ⇨ The corrupted existence of the Olympic Committee
- それは「はい、いいえ」で答えられる質問ではない ⇨ That’s not a question you can answer with “yes, no”
- 彼等は有害物質を違法に廃棄し続けてきた ⇨ They had been discarding toxic material illegally
- 品質と価格の兼ね合いが難しい ⇨ The balancing of quality and cost is difficult
- テロリストは人質を取った ⇨ The terrorists took hostages
- 品質にかけてはこの製品は誰にも負けない ⇨ When it comes to quality this product cannot be beaten
- 彼は好きなことには徹底的にのめり込む質だ ⇨ He is a kind of person who immerses himself in things he likes
- 安く上げようとして質が落ちたら元も子もない ⇨ It will ruin everything if you try to reduce the cost and then the quality goes down
- 近年彼等の製品の品質は落ちた ⇨ In recent years the quality of their products has fallen
- 科学的に不安定な物質 ⇨ Chemically volatile substance
- 金属は電気を通しやすい性質を持つ ⇨ Metals have a characteristic, property, of conducting electricity
- その二つは本質的に異なる ⇨ Those two are fundamentally different
- 厳しい品質検査 ⇨ Rigorous quality inspections
- 無機質な人 ⇨ A person without emotions. A person with sterile, robot-like personality
- 質問の意味が分からず戸惑った ⇨ I didn’t understand the question and didn’t know what to do