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気性

きしょう

temper, nature (of a person)

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Examples

  1. 兄は気性が激しい。

    あにはきしょうがはげしい。

    My older brother has a fiery temper.

  2. 彼女は気性のさっぱりした人だ。

    かのじょはきしょうのさっぱりしたひとだ。

    She is a person with a straightforward, unfussy nature.

  3. あの馬は気性が荒くて、誰も乗せようとしない。

    あのうまはきしょうがあらくて、だれものせようとしない。

    That horse has a wild temper, so nobody will try to ride it.

Common patterns

気性が激しい
to have a violent temper
気性が荒い
to be hot-tempered, wild (also of animals)
気性の優しい人
a person of gentle nature

Memory tip

気性 is about how easily someone flares up, so it attracts 激しい and 荒い and is used of animals as well as people. 性格 is neutral, all-round personality; 気性 is the narrower, emotional part of it.

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