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理性りせい (risei)

reason, sense

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #5952 most frequent

Meaning

理性 (りせい, risei) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “reason, sense”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

人間にんげんは理性りせいをもつ動物どうぶつです。

Human beings are rational animals.

彼かれは理性りせい的てきな人ひとだ。

He is a man of reason.

動物どうぶつには理性りせいがない。

Animals have no reason.

人間にんげんは理性りせいの動物どうぶつである。

Man is a rational animal.

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