陰いん性せい

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

negative (test result)

Used for medical or scientific test results indicating absence of a condition, substance, or pathogen. Antonym: 陽性 (positive).

Antonyms: 陽性

検けん査さの結けっ果かは陰

いん

性せい

でし

た

。

The test result was negative.

PCR検けん査さで陰いん性せいと判はん定ていされた。

I was determined to be negative by the PCR test.

2

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

gloomy; pessimistic; negative (attitude)

Describes a person's disposition, thinking, or outlook as dark, pessimistic, or prone to seeing the bad side. Often used as 陰性な or 陰性の.

彼かれは陰いん性せいな考かんがえ方かたをする人ひとだ。
He is a person with a pessimistic way of thinking.
陰いん性せいの性せい格かくを直なおしたい。
I want to fix my gloomy personality.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の検けん査さ結けっ果かが陰いん性せいになるfor a test result to come out negative
検けん査さの結けっ果かが陰いん性せいになった。
The test result came back negative.
〈人ひと〉は陰いん性せいな性せい格かくだsomeone has a gloomy, pessimistic personality
彼かれは陰いん性せいな性せい格かくで、あまり人ひとと話はなさない。
He has a gloomy personality and doesn't talk to people much.
〈人ひと〉が陰いん性せいと判はん定ていされるfor someone to be diagnosed/judged negative
検けん査さを受うけた結けっ果か、彼かれは陰いん性せいと判はん定ていされた。

Kanji

陰shade, yin, negative
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

ネガティブN1sense 2
ネガティブ is the common, casual loanword for a pessimistic outlook, while 陰性 in this sense sounds more literary and is used for describing disposition rather than everyday speech.
悲ひ観かん的てきN1sense 2
悲観的 specifically means pessimistic about outcomes or the future, whereas 陰性 more broadly describes a gloomy, dark disposition or way of thinking.

Opposites

陽よう性せい sense 1
positive (test result) · positive; cheerful; optimistic

Don't confuse with

陰いん気きN1sense 2
陰気 describes a gloomy atmosphere, mood, or person in everyday speech, while 陰性 is more formal/technical and also covers medical test results, a meaning 陰気 lacks.

Word family· 10

偽ぎ陰いん性せい
false negative
耐たい陰いん性せい
shade tolerance
陰いん性せい者しゃ
person who tested negative

Etymology

From 陰 (yin, dark, negative) + 性 (nature, quality). The medical sense is a direct extension of the yin-yang dichotomy, while the psychological sense developed from the idea of a 'dark' disposition.

After taking the test, he was judged negative.

陰いん性せい反はん応のう

negative reaction (medical test)

陰いん性せい残ざん像ぞう

negative afterimage

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陰いん性せい症しょう状じょう
negative symptom
電でん気き陰いん性せい度ど
electronegativity
グラム陰いん性せい菌きん
gram-negative bacteria
持じ続ぞく陰いん性せい化か率りつ
sustained virological response; SVR
グラム陰いん性せい桿かん菌きん
Gram-negative bacillus