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異性いせい (isei)

the opposite sex

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #7975 most frequent

Meaning

異性 (いせい, isei) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “the opposite sex”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

息子むすこはもう異性いせいを意識いしきしている。

My son is already conscious about people of the opposite sex.

彼女かのじょは異性いせいの前まえでは非常ひじょうに恥はずかしがる。

She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.

同性どうせいの友達ともだちより異性いせいの友達ともだちのほうが多おおいよ。

I have more friends of the opposite sex than I do of the same sex.

凡およそ人間にんげんに限かぎらず、あらゆる動物どうぶつは、異性いせいに対むかって、意識いしき的てき無意識むいしき的てきに、「性的せいてき示威じい」を行おこなうものである。

As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex.

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