Japaneseness.

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Character and manner — 性格と態度

Honest, stubborn, cheerful, gloomy — and the nouns for a person's attitude, habit and manners. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

せいしつ noun

性質 nature, disposition; property

くせ noun

癖 habit, quirk

れいぎ noun

礼儀 manners, etiquette

ひとがら noun

人柄 personality, character

いんしょう noun

印象 impression

みりょく noun

魅力 charm, appeal

けってん noun

欠点 flaw, weak point

ちょうしょ noun

長所 strong point

ようきな-adj

陽気 cheerful, merry

むくちな-adj

無口 taciturn, of few words

noun

おしゃべり chatty; chatter

がんこな-adj

頑固 stubborn

い-adj

のろい slow, sluggish

せっきょくてきな-adj

積極的 proactive, positive

しょうきょくてきな-adj

消極的 passive, reluctant

れいせいな-adj

冷静 calm, cool-headed

かってな-adj

勝手 selfish, as one pleases

おくびょうな-adj

臆病 cowardly, timid

きらくな-adj

気楽 carefree, relaxed

しんけんな-adj

真剣 serious, earnest

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Character and manner — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

nature, disposition; property

noun

chatty; chatter

noun

impression

noun

proactive, positive

な-adj

taciturn, of few words

な-adj

personality, character

noun

selfish, as one pleases

な-adj

flaw, weak point

noun

habit, quirk

noun

carefree, relaxed

な-adj

2 What does it mean?

のろい

礼儀

真剣

長所

魅力

頑固

消極的

冷静

臆病

陽気

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