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► 名詞
  [(1)せい]    meaning:  sex  rank: 2
☆ 性行為 ⇨ A sexual act

  [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わない ⇨ It’s not my personality, in me, to brown-nose my boss

  [(1)さが]  [liter]    meaning:  characteristic  rank: 4
☆ 強欲なのは人間しい性だ ⇨ Greediness is a sad nature of humans

► 接尾辞
  [しょう]    meaning:  personality  rank: 2
☆ 彼女は心配性だ ⇨ She tends to worry too much

  [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
☆ 型車は安全性が向上した ⇨ The new car has improved safety
☆ 耐久性の塗装 ⇨ Paint with high durability
☆ は導電性がい ⇨ Copper has high electrical conductivity


More examples:
  • なんとさもしい根性をしただ ⇨ What a lowlife with a pathetic mind
  • その可能性は無きにしもずだ (なきにしもあらず) ⇨ That possibility is not necessarily zero
  • 異性を惹き付ける ⇨ The ability to attract the opposite sex
  • 相対性理論 ⇨ The theory of relativity
  • 性急な結論出すべきではない ⇨ We should not make a rash decision
  • あのは人間性にける ⇨ He lacks humanity, compassion
  • 陰気な性格 ⇨ A gloomy personality
  • は女性職員破廉恥行為をしたいをかけられた ⇨ He was accused of obscene actions toward female workers
  • 発癌性物質 ⇨ Cancer-causing substances. Carcinogens
  • 着物姿の女性達 ⇨ Women wearing kimono
  • 彼女は性格はいのだが、器量今一つだ ⇨ She has good personalities, but not very beautiful
  • 国際協力の重要性を力説した ⇨ He emphasized the importance of international cooperations
  • を万引きするぐらいは未だ可愛いが、もっと深刻犯罪行為発展する可能性がある ⇨ Shoplifting some cheap stuff is not that serious, but it can develop into serious criminal behavior
  • 性器そのものをずばりせた写真 ⇨ A picture that explicitly shows genitals
  • 見るからに性格がそうだ ⇨ He really looks like a nasty person