セイ
Meanings
Noun
1. nature (of a person)
2. sex; gender
3. sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.)
4. gender
Suffix
5. -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy
indicating quality or condition
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (944 in total)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
water-based; aqueous; water-soluble
man; male; masculine gender
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
sexual act; sexual intercourse
reversibility
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
directivity; directionality; intentionality
diversity; variety
acute (illness)
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; plant-based
sex life; sexual activities
dissociative disorder; DD
dissociative identity disorder; multiple personality disorder
woman; female
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
ability; performance; efficiency
the opposite sex; isomerism
intelligence
(distinction of) sex; gender
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
true character; real nature
genitals
relationship; relation
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
necessity; need
same sex
authenticity; credibility
humanity; human nature
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
importance; gravity
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
safety; security
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
ill-natured; inconstancy
sexual intercourse; sex; coitus
necessity; inevitability
sexual feelings
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
practicality; utility; usefulness
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
superiority; predominance
sexual love; eros
divine nature; spirituality
versatility; multiplicity of use
character; personality
mobility; maneuverability
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
convenience; user-friendliness
rationality; reasonableness
autonomy; independence
productivity
future prospects; promise
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
hostile nature; inimical character
divinity
abnormality
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
spirituality; spiritual nature
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
criminal nature; criminality
regularity
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
aggressiveness; aggression
law-like nature; regularity
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
sociability
stability; security; equilibrium
functionality
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
agility; nimbleness
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
consistency
generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
sex slave; sexual slavery
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
concreteness; feasibility
brutality; animal nature
validity; effectiveness
scarcity; rarity
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
innate goodness of man
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
acidity; acidic
uniformity; integrity
hereditary; congenital
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
intrinsic goodness
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
sex change; gender reassignment; sex change; sequential hermaphroditism
adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
sexual relations
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
sex education
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease; VD
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
universality
creativity; ingenuity
adaptability; flexibility
adaptability; flexibility
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
vulnerability; weakness; fragility; vulnerability; security hole
nature; disposition
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
air-permeability; breathability
dependence
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
confidentiality
elasticity
compatibility
importance; seriousness
independence
realistic; practical; feasible
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
sexual perversion
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
validity; verification; propriety
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
probability; likelihood
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
denaturation; degeneration
operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability
motility; mobility; maneuverability
resemblance; similarity; analogy
practicability; feasibility; operability; expected implementation
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
musicianship
both sexes
volatility
holiness; sanctity; sacredness
displacement
illegality
sexual techniques
sexual characteristics
communality; community; having something in common
playability; game-like quality
virginity (of a female); maidenhood
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
possibility; potential; expandability
completeness; integrity
airtightness
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
sexual relief; masturbation
metallic quality; metallicity
stiffness; rigidity
liveability; livability
durability
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular
fire resistance
racial or national characteristics
acquired; a posteriori
dominance; dominant
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
mind; disposition; nature
impossibility
inheritable character; inheritable; hereditary; inherited
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
homeostasis; homoeostasis; constancy
compatibility; conformance; fitness; adaptability
sexless; nonsexual; asexual; agamic; genderless
omnivorousness; polyphagia; omnivorous; polyphagous
infectious; contagious
effectiveness
fraternal (of twins); diovular; dizygotic; biovular
duality; dual nature; duplexity; two-fold character
decorativeness; decorative quality
infectiousness
credibility; trustworthiness
star quality
male characteristics; manliness
nervous; neural; neurogenic
heat-resisting property
moral character or consciousness
augmentability; extensibility; scalability; expandability
progressive (worsening disease or condition)
water resistance
character and conduct
continuity; continuance
stress-induced; stress-related
waterproof property
uncertainty; indefiniteness
causality
embodiment; physicality
activity; motility
subjectivity
sexual discrimination; sex discrimination; sexism
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
criminality; criminal propensity
supremacy; predominance
inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
persistent; permanence
self-motivation; spontaneity; spontaneousness
visibility; noticeability; perceptibility
uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity
accident; accidental quality
sexual experience
transparency
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
carcinogenicity; cancer-causing quality
irritativeness; irritation; stimulativeness; pungency
corrosiveness; causticity
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
sex maniac; sex fiend
demonstrativeness; verifiability
complexity; complex; complicated
sexual expression; expression of sexuality; gender expression (role)
adaptability; flexibility; malleability
sexually transmitted infection; STI; sexually transmitted disease; STD
sexual prodigy; stud; Don Juan
radioactive
carnivorousness; carnivorous
habit-forming; habitual
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
plasticity
publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality
sex toy; sex aid
economy (saving money)
toughness (of a material); tenacity; fracture toughness
hemorrhagic; haemorrhagic
masculinity
temporality
serviceability; maintainability; ease of maintaining
early-onset Alzheimer's disease
water absorbency
appropriateness for a purpose; fitness for a purpose; finality
quietness; low noise
inflammatory; pro-inflammatory
individuality; personality; idiosyncrasy
promptness; timeliness
various facets (aspects)
abstractness; abstraction
pathogenicity; virulence
fashionability; fashionableness
obsessive-compulsive disorder; OCD
sexual experience
realism; reality
ability to fit into any situation
slight acidity
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
germ cell; generative cell; reproductive cell
particular interest; fondness
voltinism
resistance to earthquakes; seismic resistance
quick-drying property (of clothing, etc.)
straight-line stability (of a vehicle); directional stability; straight-line propagation (e.g. of light or sound); straightness
transparency; permeability
invariance
heterogeneity; heterogenecity
profitability
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
(Goedel's) incompleteness theorem
intentionality
inductive; inducible
profitability
resistibility; resistance; resistivity
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
explosiveness; explosivity; explosibility
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
ideological slant; aspect of thought; intellectual character
lawfulness; legality; validity; legitimacy
common property or characteristic
gender identity
properties and condition (of a thing); nature and behaviour (of a person)
individuality
significance (esp. in statistics)
multiple; poly-
homing instinct; homing ability
excitability; irritability
pluripotency; multipotency
connectivity
three-dimensionality; solidity
tubercular; tuberculous
internationalism; cosmopolitanism; international character
hardness
sexual violence; gender-related violence
non-inflammability; incombustibility
aplastic anemia; aplastic anaemia
practicality
absorbability; absorbency
herbivorous; graminivorous
idiopathic; spontaneous
mobility; migration; rambling; mobile; moving; ambulatory
refractority (of a disease); intractability; difficulty to cure
inflammability
conductivity
maintainability; serviceability
saline; halophytic
intersex
finiteness; finitude
bacterial; bacillary
portability
variability; mutability
absorbency; hygroscopicity
vine-like; climbing; creeping
cold resistance
softness; flexibility; elasticity
simultaneity
extraordinariness
discontinuity
searchability (e.g. of data, documents); retrievability
arbitrariness
paroxysmal; ictal
seasonality; seasonal
inverse; reverse; retro-; contra-
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS; Lou Gehrig's disease
totipotency
aspiration pneumonia
sexual function
contingency; eventuality
gender identity
hysterical; hysteric
senile (dementia, cataract, etc.)
sexual morality
sex instinct
bidirectionality; interactivity
alterity; otherness; state of being different
synchronicity
endogenous; intrinsic
inhumanity; inhuman nature
conductivity
one's nature; one's disposition
sexual liberation
driving characteristics; road handling ability
readability; legibility
periodicity; periodic; cyclic
sexual behavior; sexual behaviour; sexual activity
somatic sensation; somesthesis
eligibility
duality; dualism
norm of reciprocity
antisociality; antisocial nature
responsiveness; sensitivity; susceptibility; sympathy
divisibility
effervescence; fizziness; foamability
sex hormone (e.g. estrogen, testosterone)
early-onset dementia; presenile dementia
harmfulness; toxicity
reflectivity; reflectiveness; reflexivity; reflexiveness
oppositional defiant disorder; OOD
corrosion resistance; erosion resistance; resistance to corrosion
unisexual
malleability
insolubility
Mediterranean climate
basicity; alkalinity; basic; alkaline
osmosis; permeability
universality
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
flexibility; elasticity
dissociative amnesia
common quality; common property; common gender
properties of water
dominance
reaction; response
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD
confidentiality; secrecy
septic; putrefactive
backwardness; underdevelopment
finality; purposiveness
reciprocal liking; reciprocity of liking; reciprocity of attraction
sexual information (e.g. gender, sexuality, reproduction)
solubility
gonad; sexual gland
distinction of the sexes
congestive heart failure; CHF
linkage; co-movement; interrelation; interconnectedness
pyogenetic; pyogenic; suppurative; pustular; festering; purulent
exogenous; extrinsic
customizability
repetitiveness; repetitive nature; repetitive; recurrent
ambiguity (of a word); polysemy
sex pheromone
inducibility
book on sex; encyclopedia of sex; sex manual
age-related; aging-associated
receptivity; receptiveness
dissociative identity disorder; DID
homogeneity
complementarity; complementation
anaerobic
symbol characteristic; nature of a symbol
irritable bowel syndrome; IBS
novelty (patentability requirement)
contradiction; inconsistency
sudden deafness; SD; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; SSHL
sexual victimization; sexual abuse
pressure resistance; barotolerance
recurrent; relapsing
liquidity; fluidity; humoral
availability
immanence; inherence; indwelling
permanence; perpetuity
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; NSAID
discontinuity
villous; chorionic
gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee
gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee
brothel; sex establishment
suffocating; asphyxiating
dispersiveness
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
indigestible; digestion-resistant; hard-to-digest
sexual revolution
nature of a disease
antibacterial
marketability
introversion
chronic myelogenous (myeloid) leukemia; CML
oneness; unity; integrity; inclusion
allergenic; allergic
ambiguity; fuzziness
late-onset (of a disease, etc.); delayed; tardive
marine; maritime; oceanic; oceanity
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD
allopatry; heterotopy; heterotopia; allopatric; aberrant
legality; lawfulness; legitimacy
sclerotic
high virulence; strong toxicity
vitiligo; vitiligo vulgaris
inclusivity; inclusiveness
roseola; exanthem subitum; roseola infantum; sixth disease; three-day fever
roseola; exanthem subitum; roseola infantum; sixth disease; three-day fever
lupus erythematosus
deterministic language
associativity; connectivity
proliferative; productive; proliferating; multiplicative
functionality
continental; continentality
commonness; the common touch
localized; circumscribed
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
character traits of the people of a prefecture; prefectural characteristic; regional characteristic
melanocytic nevus; pigmented nevus; nevocellular nevus
cerebral
connectivity
ability to make plans
volcanic earthquake
marketability; saleability
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD
externalities
hemolytic disease of the newborn (haemolytic); erythroblastosis fetalis
gender role; sex role
weather resistance (e.g. in building material)
biodegradable; biodegradability
catarrhal
compliance; conformance
degenerative; regressive; retrogressive
angioedema; angiooedema
sexual selection
generalized anxiety disorder; GAD
vascular dementia; cerebrovascular disease
innovativeness; originality; innovation
factitious disorder
visibility
proportionality
secondary
portability; upgradability; upwards compatibility; transitional
extroversion
pseudo; fake; imitation
sexual maturation
isochronism; isochrony
hydrophobic
nature
interstitial
transparency
maintainability; integrity
polymorphism
punctuality (in reference to public transport); reliability
sex-limited inheritance
sweat absorbency
representativeness; (level of) representation
necrotizing fasciitis; necrotising fasciitis; flesh-eating bacteria syndrome
aerotropism; aerobic; aerotropic
heat dissipation
acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP
pubic hair
sexual addiction
psychopathic; psychotic
compressibility
anisotropy
constitutionality
opposition; incompatibility (of ideas, characteristics, etc.); reciprocity
thermoplasticity
heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism
sexual freedom
permeability
projectile vomiting
sexual selection
cell-mediated immunity; cellular immunity
hydrophilic
borderline personality disorder; BPD
infertility (esp. of animals)
narcissistic personality disorder; NPD
electromagnetic compatibility; EMC
memory
wind resistance
reciprocity
heterodont
efferent; centrifugal
chronic obstructive respiratory disease
coxarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the hip
positivity
photosensitivity
deciduous (e.g. tree)
avoidant personality disorder; AvPD; anxious personality disorder
polytonality
navigability; accessibility; ease of getting around; schooling behavior (in fish)
narcissistic personality disorder; NPD
backward compatibility; downward compatibility
heat resistance
culpability
sessility; sticking tendency
being an involved party; degree to which one is involved (in a matter); degree to which one is affected (by an issue); (degree of) involvement; (degree of) connectedness; relevancy (to one)
lethargic; soporose
abrasion resistance; wear resistance
myalgic encephalomyelitis; ME
single; solitary; mono-
osteochondritis dissecans
sensorineural hearing loss; sensorineural deafness; SNHL
homing instinct; homing ability
causal closure; physical causal closure
compression
upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.
compressibility
analyticity
downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
single standard; monometallism; monometalism
central (nervous system)
applicability
equivalency; equivalency property
negative properties
fissionable
eccentric personality
orthogonal; quadrature component
optical activity
miscibility
slow-acting fertilizer; slow-acting fertiliser
quick-acting fertilizer; quick-acting fertiliser
continental climate; inland climate
moisture resistance; humidity resistance
hypertrophic rhinitis
negotiable deposit
crushable; breakable; friability
consonantal
natural gender
obliqueness
grammaticality
thixotrophy (property of certain gels to liquefy when subjected to vibratory forces)
unconstitutionality
photosensitivity
aneuploidy; heteroploidy
rhinitis sicca anterior
color-sensitivity; colour-sensitivity
persistent organic pollutant; POP
invasive tumor; invasive tumour
sexual dysfunction
sex ratio
ductal carcinoma in situ; DCIS
sluggishness
embryonic; embryonal
wettability
polycrystalline
positive polarity; straight polarity
negative polarity
ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; ADEM
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis
Bacillus coagulans, species of lactic acid-forming Bacillus bacteria
streptococcal throat infection; strep throat
ploidy; polyploidy
neo-Confucianism (esp. of the Song dynasty)
heterogeneity
AWGN; additive white gaussian noise
highlighting
usability test; fitness-for-use test
ordering; alignment
performance management
interconnection; interoperability
interoperability
device independence
polymorphism
tamper resistant
being stationary (of a process)
reachability
synonymy; synonymity
quasi-synonymy; quasi-synonymity
non-incendive; non-firing
ionicity; ionic
sexual characteristic
sexual culture; sexual mores
cellular slime mold
nonspecificity; nonspecific; non-specific
negativity
multimodality; multimodal
volcanic tremor
histrionic personality disorder
altricial; altricious
paralytic dementia
insectivorous; entomophagous
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
orientation
orthostatic
thixotropy
muscular toothache
optic aphasia; visual aphasia
flaccid paralysis
pyogenic granuloma; granuloma telangiectaticum
pyogenic granuloma; granuloma telangiectaticum
xeroderma pigmentosum
self-regulation
automaticity; automatism
membranous
embryonal carcinoma
cor pulmonale; pulmonary heart disease
alveolar pneumonia; alveolar pneumonitis
aromaticity; aromatic property
inhibitory; inhibiting; suppressor
antiperspirant; antisudorific
survivability (ability to withstand an attack)
venous ulcers; stasis ulcers; varicose ulcers; ulcus cruris
fissility; fissile; fissionable
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; TSE
pervasive developmental disorder; PDD
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
flame-resistant; flameproof
endometrial cyst; endometrioma; chocolate cyst
histoincompatibility
chemical resistance; resistant to chemicals; chemical proof
muscle-contraction headache; tension headache
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
endogeneity
contravariance
thrownness; philosophical concept (Geworfenheit in German) introduced by Heidegger
avoidant personality disorder
avoidant personality
paradoxical incontinence
urinary urge incontinence
commutativity
aseptic; sterile; abacterial
sexology
third gender; third sex
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; NASH
sinus arrhythmia; irregular heartbeat
thermophile; thermophilic bacteria
acne vulgaris; acne
forward compatibility; upward compatibility
sexual addiction; sex addiction
sexual abuse victim
transitivity
quantum supremacy; quantum advantage
intersectionality (social and political identity framework)
sexual liberation; emancipation from gender restrictions
non-fungible token; NFT
feature
sexual assault; sexual abuse
sexual exploitation
ability to retain heat (of clothing, etc.); (degree of) thermal insulation; heat-insulating property
heat-insulating properties; (thermal) insulation
up-to-dateness; currentness; currency
legitimacy; orthodoxy
flame retardancy; flame proofness
exfoliative dermatitis; erythroderma
meningococcal meningitis; cerebrospinal meningitis
urgency; emergency
sound absorption; sound insulating properties
anovulatory menstruation; non-ovulatory menstruation
empathy; capacity for empathy; sympathism
thermosetting resin; thermosetting polymer
sexuality
developmental motor coordination disorder; developmental dyspraxia
progressive supranuclear palsy; PSP
idempotence
completeness
seborrheic
portability
psychogenic; psychogenetic
stealth; stealthiness; concealment
solar lentigo; sun spot; liver spot; lentigo solaris
steering response; responsiveness of the steering wheel; responsiveness to the helm
confidentiality; secrecy
lichen planopilaris; lichen pilaris; keratosis pilaris; follicular keratosis; chicken skin
commercial viability; business feasibility; business potential; business-related; commercial
psoriasis vulgaris; plaque psoriasis
grain; granularity
secretory diarrhea
follicular keratosis; keratosis pilaris
thromboangiitis obliterans; Buerger disease
voluntariness; voluntary nature; facultativity
color accuracy; color reproducibility
neurally mediated syncope; cerebral anemia-induced syncope; NMS
dichroism; dichromatism
immortality
intermittent explosive disorder; IED
unipolar; single-pole
borderline personality disorder; BPD
conductive hearing loss
knowledge of sex; facts of life; birds and bees
dyshidrotic eczema
flexibility; pliability
callousness (disregard for the suffering of others)
sacredness; sanctity; holiness; divinity
dissociative identity disorder; DID
brutality; ferocity; savagery
somatic symptom disorder; somatoform disorder
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
Examples (7 in total)
Use acrylic paint.
That island has a tropical climate.
Our country's climate is temperate.