Nature or characteristic (of a person or thing); used to indicate a quality, often as the suffix '-性'.
彼女の協調性のある性は職場で評価されている。
Her cooperative nature is valued at the workplace.
この薬は安全性が確認されている。
The safety of this medicine has been confirmed.
企業は持続可能性を重視し始めた。
Companies have begun to place importance on sustainability.
Sex or gender (male, female, etc.).
申請書には性(男女)を記入してください。
Please indicate your sex (male/female) on the application form.
性の多様性を尊重する取り組みが広がっている。
Initiatives to respect gender diversity are spreading.
入場券には年齢と性の欄がある。
The admission ticket has fields for age and sex.
Sexual activity or sexual drive; refers to sexual acts or sexual attraction, often used in medical or legal contexts.
医師は患者の性生活や性の有無について質問した。
The doctor asked about the patient's sexual life and whether they are sexually active.
性に関する教育は若者の健康に重要だ。
Education about sex is important for young people's health.
Grammatical gender: a grammatical classification such as masculine or feminine assigned to nouns in some languages.
フランス語やドイツ語には名詞の性がある(文法上の性)。
French and German have grammatical gender for nouns.
日本語は通常、名詞に文法的な性がないと言われている。
Japanese is generally said not to have grammatical gender for nouns.
The suffix '-性' (equivalent to English '-ty/-ity/-ness'), indicating a quality, state, or possibility.
可能性(かのうせい)が高いと判断された。
It was judged that the possibility was high.
透明性を保つことが重要だ。
Maintaining transparency is important.
経済性を考えて車を選んだ。
I chose a car considering its economy (cost-effectiveness).