せい
Meanings
Noun
1. nature (of a person)
2. sex; gender
3. sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.)
4. gender
Suffix
5. -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy
indicating quality or condition
Kanji used
nature (of a person)
Pitch accent
Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (838 in total)
woman; female; feminine gender
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
man; male; masculine gender
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
nature; property; disposition
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
ability; performance; efficiency
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
the opposite sex; isomerism
intelligence
gender; distinction of sex; sex
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
true character; real nature
riskiness; (level of) danger
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
relationship; relation
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
humanity; human nature
authenticity; credibility
importance; gravity
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
ill-natured; inconstancy
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
sexual act; sexual intercourse
necessity; inevitability
sexual intercourse
sexual feelings
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
sensitivity; susceptibility
sexual love; eros
practicality; utility; usefulness
divine nature; spirituality
directionality; directivity
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
acute (illness)
diversity; variety
unpredictability; element of surprise
superiority; predominance
versatility; multiplicity of use
cavalry; mobility; maneuverability
rationality; reasonableness
autonomy; independence
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
future prospects; promise
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
convenience; user-friendliness
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
criminal nature; criminality
spirituality; spiritual nature
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
hostile nature; inimical character
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
aggressiveness; aggression
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
law-like nature; regularity
stability; security; equilibrium
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
sex slave; sexual slavery
brutality; animal nature
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
concreteness; feasibility
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
validity; effectiveness
intrinsic goodness
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
agility; nimbleness
acidity; acidic
hereditary; congenital
innate goodness of man
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
national traits or character; nationality
uniformity; integrity
adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
nature; disposition
creativity; ingenuity
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
vulnerability; weakness; fragility
adaptability; flexibility
adaptability; flexibility
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
air-permeability; breathability
realistic; practical; feasible
validity; verification; propriety
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative
confidentiality
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
importance; seriousness
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
authenticity; credibility
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
sex life; sexual activities
probability; likelihood
sexual perversion
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
resemblance; similarity; analogy
operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability
motility; mobility; maneuverability
denaturation; degeneration
practicability; feasibility; operability; expected implementation
sexual characteristics
alkalinity; alkaline
communality; community; having something in common
sexual techniques
playability; game-like quality
virginity; maidenhood; maidenhead
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
hardness; rigidity
identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular
possibility; potential; expandability
sexual relief; masturbation
liveability; livability
racial or national characteristics
acquired; a posteriori
dominance; dominant
mind; disposition; nature
inheritable character; inheritable; hereditary; inherited
compatibility; conformance; fitness; adaptability
water-based; aqueous; water-soluble
fire resistance
homeostasis; homoeostasis; constancy
fraternal (of twins); diovular; dizygotic; biovular
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
omnivorousness; polyphagia; omnivorous; polyphagous
moral character or consciousness
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
nervous; neural; neurogenic
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
credibility; trustworthiness
progressive (worsening disease or condition)
softness; flexibility; elasticity
stress-induced; stress-related
character and conduct
activity; motility
sexual discrimination; sex discrimination; sexism
criminality; criminal propensity
waterproof property
heat-resisting property
inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
sex toy; sex aid
embodiment; physicality
continuity; continuance
supremacy; predominance
persistent; permanence
accidental quality (philosophy, logic); accidence
self-motivation; spontaneity; spontaneousness
star quality
uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity
sexual experience
hemorrhagic; haemorrhagic
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
sexual expression; expression of sexuality; gender expression (role)
sexually transmitted disease; sexually transmitted infection; STD; STI
male characteristics; manliness
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
adaptability; flexibility; malleability
sexual experience
visibility; noticeability; perceptibility
sexual prodigy; stud; Don Juan
complexity; complex; complicated
carcinogenic; cancer causing
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
sex maniac; sex fiend
causticity; corrosiveness
habit-forming; habitual
appropriateness; finality (philosophy); purposiveness
carnivorousness; carnivorous
inflammatory; pro-inflammatory
individuality; personality; idiosyncrasy
abstractness; abstraction
multiple; poly-
stimulative; incentive; irritative
various facets (aspects)
economy (saving money)
pathogenicity; virulence
serviceability; maintainability; ease of maintaining
ability to fit into any situation
quietness; low noise
publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality
obsessive-compulsive disorder; OCD
promptness; timeliness
voltinism
transparency; permeability
heterogeneity; heterogenecity
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
particular interest; fondness
(Goedel's) incompleteness theorem
quick-drying; fast-drying
sex hormone (e.g. estrogen, testosterone)
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
common property or characteristic
explosiveness; explosivity; explosibility
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
gender identity
lawfulness; legality; validity; legitimacy
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
significance (esp. in statistics)
pluripotency; multipotency
characteristics
homing instinct
excitability; irritability
tubercular; tuberculous
three-dimensionality; solidity
sexual violence; gender-related violence
inductive; inducible
saline; halophytic
bacterial; bacillary
idiopathic; spontaneous
third gender; third sex
finiteness; finitude
maintainability; serviceability
absorbability; absorbency
mobility; migration; rambling; mobile; moving; ambulatory
herbivorous; graminivorous
absorbency; hygroscopicity
seasonality; seasonal
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS; Lou Gehrig's disease
inverse; reverse; retro-; contra-
arbitrariness
sexual function
non-inflammability; incombustibility
contingency; eventuality
one's nature; one's disposition
vine-like; climbing; creeping
sex (sexual) behavior (behaviour)
alterity; otherness; state of being different
duality; dualism
reaction; response
bidirectionality; interactivity
early-onset dementia; presenile dementia
stimulative; incentive; irritative
readability; legibility
effervescence; fizziness; foamability
driving characteristics; road handling ability
basicity; alkalinity; basic; alkaline
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
common quality
somatic sensation; somesthesis
backwardness; underdevelopment
flexibility; elasticity
malleability
septic; putrefactive
linkage; co-movement; interrelation; interconnectedness
distinction of the sexes
osmosis; permeability
properties of water
ambiguity (of a word); polysemy
gonad; sexual gland
contradiction; inconsistency
agility; nimbleness
carcinogen; carcinogenic substance
complementarity; complementation
confidentiality; secrecy
sexual victimization
immanence; inherence; indwelling
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
discontinuity; incoherence
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
indigestible; digestion-resistant; hard-to-digest
sudden deafness; SD; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; SSHL
novelty (patentability requirement)
brothel; sex establishment
permanence; perpetuity
oneness; unity; integrity; inclusion
allergenic; allergic
allopatry; heterotopy; heterotopia; allopatric; aberrant
late-onset (usu. disease, etc.); delayed onset; tardive
symbol characteristic; nature of a symbol
ambiguity; fuzziness
continental; continentality
associativity; connectivity
representativeness; (level of) representation
exanthem subitum; Roseola infantum
habit is a second nature
localized; circumscribed
marine; maritime; oceanic; oceanity
character traits of the people of a prefecture
commonness; the common touch
proliferative; productive; proliferating; multiplicative
vulnerability; weakness; fragility
vine-like; climbing; creeping
innovativeness; originality; innovation
degenerative; regressive; retrogressive
hemolytic disease of the newborn (haemolytic); erythroblastosis fetalis
liquidity; fluidity; humoral
vascular dementia; cerebrovascular disease
gender role; sex role
compliance; conformance
marketability; saleability
ability to make plans
weather resistance (e.g. in building material)
carcinogenic; cancer causing
biodegradable; biodegradability
aerotropism; aerobic; aerotropic
punctuality (in reference to public transport); reliability
portability; upgradability; upwards compatibility; transitional
maintainability; integrity
legality; lawfulness; legitimacy
pseudo; fake; imitation
suffocating; asphyxiating
sexual addiction; sex addiction
necrotizing fasciitis; necrotising fasciitis; flesh-eating bacteria syndrome
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism
backward compatibility; downward compatibility
efferent; centrifugal
deciduous (e.g. tree)
constitutionality
navigability; accessibility; ease of getting around; schooling behavior (in fish)
infertility (esp. of animals)
electromagnetic compatibility; EMC
avoidant personality disorder; AvPD; anxious personality disorder
rheumatoid arthritis; arthritis rheumatica
sexual selection
cell-mediated immunity; cellular immunity
seborrheic dermatitis; seborrheic eczema
sexual liberation; emancipation from gender restrictions
embryonic; embryonal
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
toughness (of a material); tenacity; fracture toughness
ambiguity; fuzziness
habit is a second nature
automaticity; automatism
forward compatibility; upward compatibility
co-ed dormitory; mixed student accommodation
central (nervous system)
fissility; fissile; fissionable
continental climate; inland climate
color-sensitivity; colour-sensitivity
neo-Confucianism (esp. from the Song period)
thixotrophy (property of certain gels to liquefy when subjected to vibratory forces)
ionicity; ionic
downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
single standard; monometallism; monometalism
ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
aseptic; sterile; abacterial
quantum supremacy; quantum advantage
inflammable liquid; inflammable fluid
synonymy; synonymity
performance management
equivalency; equivalency property
ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
afferent nerve; afferent neuron; afferent
insectivorous; entomophagous
unconstitutionality
orthogonal; quadrature component
negative properties
upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.
aneuploidy; heteroploidy
being stationary (of a process)
usability test; fitness-for-use test
positive polarity; straight polarity
Bacillus coagulans, species of lactic acid-forming Bacillus bacteria
interconnection; interoperability
compressibility
sex ratio
non-incendive; non-firing
sexual characteristic
intersectionality (social and political identity framework)
multimodality; multimodal
muscle-contraction headache; tension headache
wettability
altricial; altricious
sexual assault; sexual abuse
negative polarity
eccentric personality
sexual culture; sexual mores
sinus arrhythmia; irregular heartbeat
thermophile; thermophilic bacteria
nonspecificity; nonspecific; non-specific
quasi-synonymy; quasi-synonymity
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
crushable; breakable; friability
antiperspirant; antisudorific
thrownness; philosophical concept (Geworfenheit in German) introduced by Heidegger
inhibitory; inhibiting; suppressor
disease resistance; disease tolerance
aromaticity; aromatic property
flame-resistant; flameproof
chemical resistance; resistant to chemicals; chemical proof
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
moisture resistance; humidity resistance
ordering; alignment
quick-acting fertilizer; quick-acting fertiliser
slow-acting fertilizer; slow-acting fertiliser
endometrial cyst; endometrioma; chocolate cyst
poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
venous ulcers; stasis ulcers; varicose ulcers; ulcus cruris
alveolar pneumonia; alveolar pneumonitis
invasive tumor; invasive tumour
Examples (7 in total)
Use acrylic paint.
That island has a tropical climate.
Our country's climate is temperate.