Nature and identity with 性
性 means nature, characteristic, or sex. It refers to what is innate to a person or thing.
Etymology
This kanji is an ideogram built from 忄 (heart) and 生 (birth), giving the sense of what is innate or born into a thing.
Compatibility
相性 (Compatibility)
相性 means compatibility between people or things, whether their qualities work well together.
It combines 相 (mutual) with 性 (nature) to show the nature between two things (their compatibility).
At the school festival, Ayumu and Urushi stop by the affinity fortune telling booth while Maki is on duty. Maki holds out a box with an opening on top, and says the need to pull out a single card together.
- マキ:
- 「０〜１００の点数が書いてるからそれで相性がわかるんだよ」
- “Your compatibility is determined by the score written from 0 to 100.”
- 「もちろん１００点が一番いいやつ」
- “”
- “Your compatibility is determined by the score written from 0 to 100.”
- 歩:
- 「二人でですか？」
- “Together?”
Gender
女性 (Woman)
女性 means a woman or adult female.
It combines 女 (woman) with 性 (sex) to show the female sex.
During a hide-and-seek game at the park, Ayumi hides in a car trunk and falls asleep. She wakes to find the car moving and discovers a bag of money, a slimy saw, and what seems like a severed head. Conan, tracking her via their Detective Boys badges, prepares to pursue on his electric skateboard. Genta and Mitsuhiko join him on it, but Conan urges them to stay behind due to the danger.
- 元太:
- 「歩美が危ない目にあってんのに、じっとしてられっかよ！！」
- “Ayumi is in danger, so how can I just stand by and do nothing?”
- 光彦:
- 「そうですよ！！ 女性をお守りするのは男の義務ですからね！！」
- “That's right! It's a man's duty to protect women!”
男性 (Man)
男性 means man or adult male.
It combines 男 (man) with 性 (sex) to show the male sex.
Detective Mouri is invited as a special guest to the birthday party for Reika, daughter of the Yotsui Group’s chairman. At the event, Reika announces her intent to marry.
- 霊化:
- 「そう思って今日のパーティーにも、有能そうな男性を数人、お招きしてますわ…」
- “With that in mind, I've invited several promising gentlemen to today's party...”
異性 (Opposite sex)
異性 means the opposite sex or a person of a different sex from oneself.
It combines 異 (other) with 性 (sex) to show the other sex.
During a ninja training exercise, Tsubaki disguises herself as the teacher’s assistant in the hope of getting close enough to take the teacher’s mask. When the teacher unknowingly reveals that keeping boys and girls separate has been aided by lying to the female ninjas about men being scary, Tsubaki accidentally drops her disguise. The teacher has no choice but to take Tsubaki into her confidence and explain the reason for the separation, starting with the word “love”, of which Tsubaki is unfamiliar.
- ハナ先生:
- 「異性に好きという思いを寄せることだ。」
- “It means harboring feelings of affection for someone of the opposite sex.”
- 「年頃になると皆経験すると聞く。」
- “I hear that everyone goes through this when they reach a certain age.”
- “It means harboring feelings of affection for someone of the opposite sex.”
Qualities
性能 (Performance)
性能 means the performance or capability of a machine or product.
It combines 性 (nature) with 能 (ability) to show inherent capability or performance characteristics.
Professor Agasa gives Conan a tracking device. He eagerly looks for an opportunity to see how it works.
- コナン:
- 「そうだ！蘭に付けてこれの性能試してみっか！！」
- “I know! I'll stick it on Ran and see how it performs!!”