せい
Meanings
Noun
1. reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
Kanji used
logic
nature (of a person)
Pitch accent
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Composed of
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
rationality; reasonableness
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
practical reason or ethics
to appeal to one's reason
Examples (4 in total)
Anger deprived him of his reason.
Even a child is supposed to have reason.
Man has reason, animals do not.