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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

習しゅう性せい

shuusei

behavioral trait

Often used of animals. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 熊くまは木きの皮かわで背中せなかを掻かく習性しゅうせいがある。

    Bears often scratch their backs on the bark of trees.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 猫ねこの習性しゅうせいに合あわせて外そとを出歩であるかせれば野良猫のらねこと交配こうはいし、雑種ざっしゅが生うまれた。

    Cats which were allowed to walk around outside according to their habits mated with alley cats and hybrids were born.

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

  3. 秋あきには冬眠とうみんのため深場ふかばに移うつるが、この時ときに行列ぎょうれつをなして移動いどうする変かわった習性しゅうせいがある。

    They have the strange habit of moving in line, one following another when it moves to the deep places in the sea to hibernate in winter,

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

Kanji in 習性

  • 習learnOnシュウ・ジュKunならう・ならい
  • 性sex; genderOnセイ・ショウKunさが

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