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性癖 (せいへき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

性せい癖へき

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Meanings

1

disposition; inclination; propensity

Refers to a person's natural tendency, habit, or characteristic way of thinking/behaving, often with a slightly negative or peculiar connotation.

彼かれには嘘

うそ

を

つく

性せい

癖へき

が

ある

。

He has a propensity for lying.

彼かの女じょの几き帳ちょう面めんな性せい癖へきは仕し事ごとに役やく立だっている。

Her meticulous disposition serves her well at work.

2

sexual disposition; fetish

Colloquial use referring specifically to sexual preferences or kinks.

彼かれは変かわった性せい癖へきの持もち主ぬしだ。
He has unusual sexual tastes.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に〈事こと〉性せい癖へきがあるsomeone has a tendency/habit of doing something
彼かれには物ものを集あつめる性せい癖へきがある。
He has a tendency to collect things.
性せい癖へきを隠かくすto hide one's inclination/fetish
彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの性せい癖へきを誰だれにも隠かくしていた。
She kept her fetish hidden from everyone.
性せい癖へきを告こく白はくするto confess one's fetish/inclination
彼かれはネットで自じ分ぶんの性せい癖へきを告こく白はくした。
He confessed his fetish online.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
癖mannerism, habit, vice

Related words

癖くせN3sense 1
癖 is a general habit or mannerism, often trivial or physical, while 性癖 points to a deeper, more ingrained (and sometimes odd or sexual) disposition.
性せい的てき嗜し好こう sense 2
性的嗜好 is the neutral, clinical term for sexual preference, while 性癖 in this sense is a more colloquial, often self-deprecating word for a fetish.
傾けい向こうN3sense 1
傾向 is a neutral word for a general trend or tendency, whereas 性癖 usually implies a personal, somewhat peculiar trait.
フェチ sense 2
フェチ is a casual loanword for a specific fetish object or focus, while 性癖 more broadly covers one's whole sexual inclination.
習しゅう性せい sense 1
習性 refers to an instinctive or ingrained habit (often used for animals as well as people), while 性癖 stresses a personal quirk that can seem odd.

Don't confuse with

潔けっ癖ぺき
潔癖 shares the kanji 癖 with 性癖 but means an obsessive fastidiousness about cleanliness or morals, not a personal inclination or fetish.
習しゅう性せい
性癖 refers to a personal proclivity or inclination (sometimes with a negative or sexual connotation), whereas 習性 describes a general behavioral trait or habit, especially of animals.

Etymology

Compound of 性 (nature, character) and 癖 (habit, mannerism). The combination naturally yields the sense of an ingrained personal tendency.