理性
りせい
reason, rationality
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Examples
理性に基づいて判断する。
りせいにもとづいてはんだんする。
We judge based on reason.
怒りで理性を失った。
いかりでりせいをうしなった。
He lost his reason in anger.
理性的に話し合おう。
りせいてきにはなしあおう。
Let's talk this over rationally.
感情より理性を優先すべき場面もある。
かんじょうよりりせいをゆうせんすべきばめんもある。
There are situations where reason should come before feeling.
Common patterns
- 理性を失う
- to lose one's reason
- 理性的な判断
- a rational judgment
- 理性を保つ
- to keep a cool head
Memory tip
理性 is the faculty of reason, and it is almost always set against 感情 or 本能. Do not swap it for 理屈, which is a chain of reasoning used as an excuse.
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