► 名詞
気 [き] meaning: personality rank: 1
☆ 彼は見かけは怖いが気は優しい ⇨ He looks scary but is very gentle
気 [き] [気が短い] meaning: personality rank: 1
☆ 彼は気が短い ⇨ He is short-tempered
性格 [せいかく] meaning: personality rank: 1
☆ 彼は間違ったことに黙っていられない性格だ ⇨ He is a kind of person who cannot stay silent about wrong things
☆ 彼女は美人だが性格が悪い ⇨ She is pretty but the personality is nasty
☆ 私達は兄弟だが性格が全く合わない ⇨ We are siblings but don’t see eye to eye at all
根 [ね] meaning: personality rank: 2
☆ あいつは根が腐っている ⇨ He is rotten in the root
☆ 彼は根は優しい人だ ⇨ He is a kind person in the root, deep down
人柄 [ひとがら] meaning: personality rank: 2
☆ 私達は能力だけでなく人柄を重視する ⇨ We highly value personalities, not just abilities (☛ Good aspects of personality)
気性 [きしょう] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 気性の激しい、荒い、人 ⇨ A person with rough temperament (☛ Usually used for volatile personalities)
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
性分 [(1)しょうぶん] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 彼は頼まれると嫌と言えない性分だ ⇨ He is a kind of person who cannot say no when asked for help (☛ A tendency for a specific behavior)
人格 [じんかく] [tech] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 人格障害 ⇨ Personality disorders
☆ あんな嘘をつくなんて人格を疑ってしまう ⇨ He lies like that and makes me question his personality, integrity (☛ Personal integrity)
☆ 彼は大変な人格者だ ⇨ He is a man of integrity (☛ Personal integrity)
線 [(1)せん] [線が太い] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 彼は線が太くて多少の事ではへこたれない ⇨ He’s pretty tough and a little adversity won’t deter him
線 [(1)せん] [線が細い] meaning: personality rank: 3
☆ 彼は線が細くて頼りない感じがする ⇨ He feels a little too delicate and not very dependable (☛ Usually negative, as lacking mental toughness)
► 接尾辞
性 [しょう] meaning: personality rank: 2
☆ 彼女は心配性だ ⇨ She tends to worry too much