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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

適てき性せい

tekisei

aptitude, suitability

Example sentences

  1. 農作業のうさぎょうに従事じゅうじしているために、身体壮健しんたいそうけんなものが多おおく、また集団行動しゅうだんこうどうの適性てきせいも高たかかったため、兵士へいしとして高たかい水準すいじゅんにあったと考かんがえられる。

    As they were engaged in farm working, many of them were robust and had aptitude for group work, accordingly they were considered to have been high-leveled soldiers.

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

  2. 「醸造じょうぞう適性てきせいが高たかい」ということは、裏うらを返かえせば「食用しょくようには向むかない」ということにもなる。

    Being highly suited to brewing can, conversely, also mean being unsuitable for eating.

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

  3. 「醸造じょうぞう適性てきせいが高たかい」などと表現ひょうげんされる。

    It is expressed as, 'It has high brewing aptitude.'

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

Kanji in 適性

  • 適suitable; occasionalOnテキKunかなう
  • 性sex; genderOnセイ・ショウKunさが

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