► 名詞
性 [(1)せい] meaning: sex rank: 2
☆ 性行為 ⇨ A sexual act
性 [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合わない ⇨ It’s not my personality, in me, to brown-nose my boss
性 [(1)さが] [liter] meaning: characteristic rank: 4
☆ 強欲なのは人間の悲しい性だ ⇨ Greediness is a sad nature of humans
► 接尾辞
性 [しょう] meaning: personality rank: 2
☆ 彼女は心配性だ ⇨ She tends to worry too much
性 [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
☆ 新型車は安全性が向上した ⇨ The new car has improved safety
☆ 耐久性の高い塗装 ⇨ Paint with high durability
☆ 銅は導電性が高い ⇨ Copper has high electrical conductivity
More examples:
- チョコレートが無性に食べたくなった ⇨ I’ve had an uncontrollable craving for chocolate
- 本田車は高い信頼性で定評がある ⇨ Honda cars have a reputation of high reliability
- 彼はドーピング検査で陽性となった ⇨ He return a positive result in a doping test
- 赤裸々な性描写 ⇨ Candid depictions of sex
- 彼は他が真似出来ない独特の芸術的感性を持っている ⇨ He has unique artistic senses others just cannot emulate
- 彼女は個性的な顔立ちをしている ⇨ She has unique facial features
- 十チームに未だ優勝の可能性のある大混戦 ⇨ A close battle where 10 teams still have the possibility to win the championship
- 彼女は若い女性に特に人気がある ⇨ She is popular especially among young women
- 同性愛者の権利の保護 ⇨ The protection of the rights of homesexuals
- 製品の高性能と小型化を両立することに大変苦心した ⇨ We had to think really hard to make the product high-performance and small without compromising
- 華やかな装いの若い女性達 ⇨ Young women with beautiful clothing
- 彼女の胸の凝りは良性だった ⇨ The lump in her breast was a benign tumor
- 性交した後に痛みがあります ⇨ I experience pain after having sexual intercourse
- この絵に性的な意味は無い ⇨ This drawing has no sexual meaning
- 彼女の腫瘍は悪性なことが分かった ⇨ Her tumor has been found to be malignant