しつ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. quality; value
It's not about the number, it's about the quality.
Noun
2. nature; inherent quality; character
That expression was somehow different in nature from the ones before.
3. logical quality
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (152 in total)
question; inquiry; enquiry
essence; true nature; substance; reality
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
mass; quality and quantity
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
geological features
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
feel (of a material); texture
(phenotypic) trait; (hereditary) character; allele
tone quality; sound quality
weak constitution
sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate; schizophrenia
gluten
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
quality (of a product or a service)
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
hardness; stiffness
fine quality
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
commitment; pledge; promise
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
good-quality; superior in quality
mineral matter; metallic property
good-quality; superior in quality
fleshiness; meat quality
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
water quality
hair type; hair quality
image quality (film, video, etc.)
good-quality; superior in quality
good-quality; superior in quality
qualitative
high quality
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
question; interpellation
quantity over quality; quantity before quality
phlegmatic temperament
matter (in Aristotelianism)
dietary fiber (fibre)
paper quality
virtue; good qualities
glassy; vitreous
quality over quantity; quality before quantity
simplicity; plainness
clay-like; clayey; argillaceous
keratin; corneum; cuticle; collagen; horny substance
softness
mineral matter
texture; feel; skin texture; skin quality; skin type
crystalline material; crystalline substance
soil; soil quality
protoplasm; plasma
electrolyte
(tooth) enamel; adamantine
homogeneous
woody; ligneous
calcareous; chalky
natural talents
being in delicate health; scrofulosis
delicate health; fragile health
snow quality; quality of snow
heavy (esp. in oil, chemistry, etc.)
samurai spirit
property of a film or membrane
sanguine temperament
choleric temperament
animal matter
vegetable matter
substrate (i.e. in biochemistry); matrix (i.e. in biology); stroma
running style (e.g. front runner); riding style (of a keirin cyclist)
low-carb; low sugar
organ property; organic mechanism; constitution
questioning accused and witness together
cachexia; wasting syndrome
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
properties of rock; nature of stone; quality of stone; stony (e.g. meteorite); lithic
original nature; essential quality; fundamental character; primary matter; original substance; prime matter
gray matter; grey matter
starchiness; starchy; farinaceous
toxic property; toxicity
white matter (e.g. in the brain); substantia alba
high-quality
psychopathy; psychopathic personality
dentin; dentine
medulla
point mass; particle; material point
(tooth) enamel
cementum; cement; chalky
susceptibility to depression
reforming
corporate character; corporate culture; corporate philosophy
dentin; dentine
mother-of-pearl
light (esp. in chemistry)
organic fertilizer
antifreeze protein
idiosyncrasy; allergy
characteristics of a (thrown) ball (light, heavy, etc.)
endoplasm; endosarc
quality of service; QOS
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
transubstantiation
nucleoplasm; karyoplasm
cyclothymia
cementum; cement
air quality index; AQI
quality and defects liability
hemoprotein; haemoprotein
bottom material; bed material; sludge; sediment; substratum
low-density lipoprotein; LDL
dispersed phase
colored wood-free paper (coloured)
gramophone record quality
spike protein; peplomer
herbaceous
hair quality
Japan Society of Engineering Geology; JSEG
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials
Examples (20 in total)
There is no problem with the quality.
It's not about the number, it's about the quality.
It is quality, not quantity that counts.