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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き質しつ

kishitsu

temperament, disposition

Also read かたぎ, especially after words naming a type of person. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 近衛このえの、どことなく陰かげがある反抗的はんこうてきな気質きしつはこのころに形成けいせいされた、と後ごに本人ほんにんが述懐じゅっかいしている。

    Konoe’s somewhat shadowy and rebellious temperament was formed during this period, as he himself later reminisced.

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

  2. この流行りゅうこうが起おこった背景はいけいに、上方かみがたと和服わふくの本場ほんばである京都きょうとが地理的ちりてきに近ちかいことと、現在げんざいもみられる関西かんさいの派手好はでこのみの気質きしつがある、という意見いけんがある。

    One viewpoint holds that the reasons behind the rise of this regional trend are that the Kamigata region and Kyoto, the manufacturing center for Japanese-style clothing, are geographically very near, and that the people of the Kansai region is characterized by liking for flashy, showy things, which can be seen even today.

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

  3. しかし父頼通ちちよりみちの多大ただいな期待きたいを背負せおい、素直すなおな明あかるい気質きしつで後冷泉天皇ごれいぜいてんのうの篤あつい寵愛ちょうあいを受うけたにもかかわらず、皇后寛子こうごうひろこはついに御子みこを産うむことはなかった。

    However, despite the fact that her father Yorimichi held great expectations for her, and the Emperor Goreizei held her dearly due to her honest and bright personality, Empress Kanshi did not give birth to a child.

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

Kanji in 気質

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 質substance; qualityOnシツ・シチ・チKunたち・ただす・もと

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