Illustration: At a family gathering in a modest Japanese home, an adult instinctively kneels to help a younger cousin rebuild a collapsed toy railway. Everyone else is still reacting to the crash, but the adult already wears a patient, encouraging smile.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

持もち前まえ

mochimae

innate, characteristic

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは持もち前まえの頑張がんばりの精神せいしんで難関なんかんを突破とっぱした。

    I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 持もち前まえの明あかるさと魅力的みりょくてきな人柄ひとがらで日本人にっぽんじんに大変人気たいへんにんきがあった。

    He was quite popular among Japanese people due to his naturally cheerful character and attractive personality.

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

  3. 持もち前まえの怪奇趣味かいきしゅみが災わざわいして度々事件たびたびじけんの発端ほったんになる。

    His interest in the bizarre being the cause, he is often the origin of trouble.

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

Kanji in 持前

  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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