英和和英

読み方 さが

名詞

1

（＝生れつき）one's nature

2

（＝習わし）a custom; a habit

読み方 せい

名詞

1

（＝本性）nature

用例

• 彼は性至って学を好む
  He is, by nature, a lover of learning.

• 人の性は善なり
  Man is born good.

2

（＝男女の性）sex:（文法にては）gender

用例

• 男性
  the male sex―the sterner sex―（文法にては）―the masculine gender

• 女性
  the female sex―the fair sex―the gentle sex―the softer sex―the weaker sex―（文法にては）―the feminine gender
• 男女両性
  both sexes―the sexes―（形容詞に用いれば）―hermaphrodite
• 通性
  the common gender
• 無性
  the neuter gender―（形容詞に用いれば）―asexual
• 性の慾
  sexual desire
• 性の知識
  knowledge of the sexes
• 日本の学童は性の知識がある（色気がある）と西洋人が言う
  Foreigners say that Japanese school-children know the sexes.
• 性的
  sexual
• 日本人は性的に早熟だ
  Japanese are sexually precocious
  Japanese know the sexes early.

読み方 しょう

名詞

1

（＝人の性）nature; character; disposition; temper; temperament; constitution

用例

• 二人は性が合う
  They are congenial in temper
  They have an affinity for each other
  They were born under the same star.

• 彼とは全然性が合わぬ
  We are wholly uncongenial in temper and disposition
  We have not the least affinity for each other.
• 夫婦は性が合わないので離縁になった
  The couple are so uncongenial in temper that they have been separated.
• 性に合う
  （仕事などなら） to be congenial to one's tastes―（食物などなら）―to agree with one's constitution
• 教えるのは僕の性に合っている
  Teaching is congenial to my tastes
  Teaching is to my taste
  Teaching comes natural to me.
• 性に合った仕事
  congenial work
• 性に合わない仕事をするならいっそただ居た方がましだ
  One had better be idle than do uncongenial work.
• 肉食は僕の性に合っている
  Meat diet agrees with my constitution―agrees with me.
• 肉食の性に合わない人がある
  Meat diet disagrees with some constitutions.
• 僕は猫が性に合わない
  I have an antipathy to cats.
• あの人は性が知れているから扱いやすい
  I know how to deal with him, for I know his temper.
• 性の知れない人は扱いにくい
  There is no dealing with a man of unknown temper.
• あれは性の悪い女だ
  She is a wicked woman―a woman of evil nature.
• 火性
  an excitable temperament
  an impetuous temperament
• 水性の女
  a wanton woman
• 多血性の人
  a man of full habit
• 肥満性
  corpulence
• 猫の性で僕は熱い物が食べられない
  I can not, like the cat, stand hot food.

2

（＝物の性）quality; purity; fineness

用例

• この鉄は性が好い
  This iron is of superior quality―superior in quality.

• 性が悪い
  It is of inferior quality―inferior in quality.
• 慶長小判は金の性が好い
  The Keicho koban is of fine gold.
• 僕は目の性が好い、性が悪い
  I have good eyes―poor eyes.

3

（＝心、良心）a mind; a heart; understanding; a conscience

用例

• 犬猫は性がある
  Cats and dogs understand what man says.

• 性あらば好く聴け
  Listen to me if you have a heart!
• あれは性も懲りも無い奴だ
  He has no conscience or contrition
  He is an incorrigible fellow.