性しょう分ぶん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a person's inherent character or temperament, often implying something relatively fixed or hard to change.

〈事こと〉が性しょう分ぶんだit's in one's nature to do something
心しん配ぱい性しょうなのが私わたしの性しょう分ぶんだ。
Being a worrier is just my nature.
〈人ひと〉の性しょう分ぶんに合あうto suit someone's nature or disposition
この仕し事ごとは彼かれの性しょう分ぶんに合あっている。
This job suits his nature well.
生うまれつきの性しょう分ぶんan innate disposition
彼かれは生うまれつきの性しょう分ぶんで、何なんでも正しょう直じきに話はなしてしまう。
It's his innate nature to always speak honestly about everything.

性せい格かくN3
性格 is the general, neutral word for someone's personality, while 性分 stresses an innate trait that feels almost impossible to change.
気き質しつN1
気質 can describe the temperament of a group or era as well as a person, whereas 性分 is used only for an individual's fixed inner nature.
気き性しょうN1
気性 highlights the emotional or spirited quality of a person's temperament, while 性分 is more about a deep-seated behavioral tendency.
天てん性せい
天性 emphasizes a talent or quality one is born with, while 性分 focuses on a habitual disposition or way of acting.
性しょうN1
性分 refers to a person's ingrained nature or habitual tendency in everyday speech, while 性 alone is more abstract and rarely stands as a full word by itself.

Compound of 性 (nature, character) and 分 (part, portion), referring to one's allotted or inherent nature.