くせ
Meanings
Noun
1. habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency
2. peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism
3. crease; wrinkle; curl; kink
Kanji used
habit
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
bad habit; bad habits
quirky; idiosyncratic
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
gait; one's manner of walking; technique involving tripping the opponent
and yet; though; when; in spite of
(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harm
habits of handwriting; handwriting idiosyncrasies; style of writing; style of painting
habit of biting one's nails
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
curl (on a rolled poster, etc.)
some habits; some eccentricities
some habits; some eccentricities
idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks
incontinence; promiscuity
and yet; though; when; in spite of
Examples (13 in total)
Tom has a tendency to exaggerate.
He is in the habit of staying up late at night.
It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.