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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

異い性せい

isei

the opposite sex

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは異性いせいの前まえでは非常ひじょうに恥はずかしがる。

    She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしの彼氏かれし、異性いせいの友達ともだちが多おおいのよね。

    My boyfriend has a lot of female friends.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. マレーシアの若者わかものにとっては、異性いせいとロマンスを語かたる夜よるでもある。

    For young people in Malaysia, this is also a night on which to have romantic conversations with members of the opposite sex.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 異性

  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け
  • 性sex; genderOnセイ・ショウKunさが

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